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Nick Lu

3×3 · top 70.0% of 284,439 all-time · competing since March 2008 · 2008LUNI01

Nick Lu has been competing for 18 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 34.65, set at Drexel Winter 2009, puts him in the top 70.0% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 42,313th in the United States. Across 6 competitions since March 2008, he has put 30 official solves on the record across one event. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one, an early reading from 6 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 47.50 in March 2008 to 34.65, a 27% improvement. Nick has entered six competitions, more competitions than 86% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 70.0% of 284,439 all-time
34.65
signature single · Drexel Winter 2009
30
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×334.6548.54
top 70.0%42,313 / 59,724

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

Princeton Open 2008: 47.50Newark Open 2008: 40.56Drexel Fall 2008: 45.65Newark Winter 2009: 46.47Drexel Winter 2009: 34.65UPenn Spring competition 2009: 47.6534.6547.6522 Mar 200821 Mar 2009

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-30 3×3 single — 177,856 people have one; it is 4.65 away.

Targets move as he improves.