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Mufan Lü (吕慕凡)

3×3 · top 7.9% of 284,439 all-time · competing since May 2010 · 2010LMUF01

Mufan Lü (吕慕凡) has been competing for 16 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 10.16, set at Xi'an Cherry Blossom 2014, puts him in the top 7.9% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 3,098th in China. Until May 2007, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 12 competitions since May 2010, he has put 271 official solves on the record across ten events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 78% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 19.65 in May 2010 to 10.16, a 48% improvement. Mufan has entered twelve competitions, more competitions than 94% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 7.9% of 284,439 all-time
10.16
signature single · Xi'an Cherry Blossom 2014
271
official solves on the record
12%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 78% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChina
3×310.1613.01
top 7.9%3,098 / 28,153
4×439.4953.44
top 11.5%1,225 / 5,926
3×3 one-handed24.0527.75
top 31.6%3,057 / 5,922
2×24.525.93
top 33.2%5,696 / 15,796
5×51:42.531:47.64
top 37.2%1,678 / 2,816
3×3 Fewest Moves38 moves
early days — 2 solves459 / 1,058
Pyraminx9.4113.92
top 48.3%5,100 / 10,224
7×76:10.756:37.66
early days — 3 solves1,096 / 1,261
6×64:18.724:41.32
top 71.4%1,200 / 1,349
Skewb14.7932.42
top 77.6%3,991 / 5,004

Percentile against all competitors ever ranked in each event, a fairer measure than raw rank, because the pools differ by a factor of ten.

The line so far

Alpha Cube BUAA Open 2010: 19.65Beijing Summer Open 2011: 13.16Xi'an Autumn Open 2011: 11.59Xi'an Qingming Open 2012: 11.90Xi'an Cherry Blossom 2012: 11.18Xi'an Cherry Blossom 2013: 11.76Xi'an Cherry Blossom 2014: 10.16Xi'an Winter Open 2014: 11.28Xi'an Cherry Blossom 2015: 11.6810.1619.659 May 20104 Apr 2015

Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.

The story so far

Competitions

Reading this page: a single is one solve's time · an average is the middle three of five solves, best and worst discarded · a PB is a personal best · a DNF (did not finish) is an attempt with no valid result: a popped piece, an unsolved face, an over-limit memorisation · top X% compares against everyone ever ranked in that event, which is fairer than raw rank because event pools differ tenfold.

The circuit

The people whose scorecards keep turning up next to his.

Next targets

  • A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 0.16 away.
  • A sub-30 4×4 single — 2,388 people have one; it is 9.49 away.

Targets move as he improves.