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Runlin Lü (吕润林)

Skewb · top 8.5% of 73,281 all-time · competing since April 2017 · 2017LURU01

Runlin Lü (吕润林) has been competing for 9 years. His best event is the Skewb: a personal-best single of 3.63, set at Xi'an Cherry Blossom 2019, puts him in the top 8.5% of the 73,281 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 487th in China. Until February 2014, no official Skewb solve in the world had been that fast. Across 8 competitions since April 2017, he has put 220 official solves on the record across five events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, steadier than 93% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 19.54 in April 2017 to 14.39, a 26% improvement. Runlin has entered eight competitions, more competitions than 90% of everyone who has ever competed.

Skewb
best event — top 8.5% of 73,281 all-time
3.63
signature single · Xi'an Cherry Blossom 2019
220
official solves on the record
11%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 93% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChina
Skewb3.636.36
top 8.5%487 / 5,004
Pyraminx5.527.09
top 16.6%1,937 / 10,224
3×314.3916.63
top 22.3%8,554 / 28,153
2×24.205.50
top 29.1%4,964 / 15,796
3×3 blindfolded3:57.24
early days — 1 solve926 / 1,183

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

Xi'an Cherry Blossom 2017: 19.54China Championship 2017: 14.39Xi'an Cherry Blossom 2018: 14.52Ningxia Open 2018: 15.75Xianyang Open 2019: 15.61Xi'an Cherry Blossom 2019: 16.19Xi'an 10th Anniversary 2019: 16.65Xi'an New Year 2020: 14.8014.3919.542 Apr 20171 Jan 2020

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-3 Skewb single — 3,646 people have one; it is 0.63 away.
  • A sub-5 Pyraminx single — 17,019 people have one; it is 0.52 away.

Targets move as he improves.