People · Canada
Shawn Lu
3×3 · top 16.8% of 284,439 all-time · competing since February 2016 · 2016LUSH01
Shawn Lu has been competing for 11 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 12.81, set at Vancouver Fall 2016, puts him in the top 16.8% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,578th in Canada. Across 7 competitions since February 2016, he has put 120 official solves on the record across eight events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 20% around a typical one, an early reading from 8 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 17.46 in February 2016 to 12.81, a 27% improvement. Shawn 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 | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 12.81 | 17.41 | top 16.8% | 1,578 / 10,392 | |
| 2×2 | 4.18 | 5.62 | top 28.8% | 1,964 / 7,173 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 24.09 | 29.94 | top 31.7% | 703 / 2,620 | |
| Pyraminx | 8.90 | 12.73 | top 44.0% | 2,048 / 4,858 | |
| 4×4 | 1:15.36 | — | top 51.9% | 1,419 / 3,118 | |
| Square-1 | 36.27 | 39.87 | top 60.3% | 547 / 952 | |
| Megaminx | 2:55.56 | — | top 72.5% | 892 / 1,375 | |
| 6×6 | 6:54.38 | — | early days — 1 solve | 608 / 665 |
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, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 15 Oct 2016First sub-15 3×3: 12.81 at Vancouver Fall 2016.
- 6 Feb 2016First competition: Vancouver Open Winter 2016. A 17.46 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- UBC Open 2020 · 4 Jan 2020 — 1 personal best set
- Vancouver Big Cubes Open 2019 · 23 Aug 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- UBC Open 2019 · 5 Jan 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Vancouver Open Summer 2017 · 10 Jun 2017 — 2 personal bests set
- Vancouver Open Winter 2017 · 7 Jan 2017 — 1 personal best set
- Vancouver Fall 2016 · 15 Oct 2016 — 2 personal bests set
- Vancouver Open Winter 2016 · 6 Feb 2016
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.
- Ethan Rusnak — met in 30 rounds, finished ahead twice
- Kenny Zhong — met in 27 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
- Noah Stelting — met in 25 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 0.81 away.
- A sub-4 2×2 single — 49,452 people have one; it is 0.18 away.
Targets move as he improves.