People · China
Pingda Lu (陆平达)
3×3 · top 15.3% of 284,439 all-time · competing since December 2018 · 2018LUPI01
Pingda Lu (陆平达) has been competing for 8 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 12.42, set at NTU Welcome 2023, puts him in the top 15.3% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 6,030th in China. Across 7 competitions since December 2018, he has put 126 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, an early reading from 6 counted rounds. His 2×2 best has come down from 22.10 in December 2018 to 3.60, an 84% improvement. Pingda has entered seven competitions, more competitions than 88% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | China | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 12.42 | 15.61 | top 15.3% | 6,030 / 28,153 | |
| 2×2 | 3.60 | 6.15 | top 21.4% | 3,534 / 15,796 | |
| 4×4 | 47.85 | 56.73 | top 21.9% | 2,361 / 5,926 | |
| Pyraminx | 6.44 | 8.78 | top 23.3% | 2,657 / 10,224 | |
| Skewb | 5.80 | 11.47 | top 24.2% | 1,498 / 5,004 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 32.11 | 51.36 | top 51.4% | 4,410 / 5,922 | |
| 5×5 | 2:46.61 | — | early days — 2 solves | 2,609 / 2,816 |
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
Best single per competition, 2×2. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 31 Dec 2022First sub-15 3×3: 12.42 at NTU Welcome 2023.
- 25 Jun 2022Three personal bests in one day at Singapore AMK CC Cubing 2022.
- 21 Dec 2019Three personal bests in one day at Shaoxing Open 2019.
- 20 Apr 2019First sub-20 3×3: 16.25 at Kunshan Open 2019.
- 30 Dec 2018First competition: SJTU Winter Open 2018. A 24.19 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- NTU Welcome 2023 · 31 Dec 2022 — 1 personal best set
- Singapore AMK CC Cubing 2022 · 25 Jun 2022 — 3 personal bests set
- Shaoxing Open 2019 · 21 Dec 2019 — 3 personal bests set
- China Championship 2019 · 26 Jul 2019
- Huzhou Open 2019 · 13 Jul 2019
- Kunshan Open 2019 · 20 Apr 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- SJTU Winter Open 2018 · 30 Dec 2018
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.
- Jieyu Yang (杨杰予) — met in 24 rounds, finished ahead 11 times
- Zhiyuan Ma (马之元) — met in 21 rounds, never finished ahead
- Yifan Wang (王逸帆) — met in 19 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 0.42 away.
- A sub-3 2×2 single — 26,570 people have one; it is 0.60 away.
Targets move as he improves.