People · China
Shiyao Lou (娄世垚)
Pyraminx · top 7.0% of 129,321 all-time · competing since April 2024 · 2024LOUS02
Shiyao Lou (娄世垚) has been competing for 2 years. His best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 3.86, set at Guangdong Open - Revival & Rival 2026, puts him in the top 7.0% of the 129,321 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 830th in China. Until February 2008, no official Pyraminx solve in the world had been that fast. Across 3 competitions since April 2024, he has put 45 official solves on the record across five events. His 3×3 best has come down from 12.67 in April 2024 to 10.39, an 18% improvement. Shiyao has entered three competitions, more competitions than 69% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | China | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pyraminx | 3.86 | 4.59 | top 7.0% | 830 / 10,224 | |
| 3×3 | 10.39 | 10.98 | top 8.6% | 3,369 / 28,153 | |
| 2×2 | 4.97 | 6.16 | top 39.0% | 6,726 / 15,796 | |
| Skewb | 8.70 | 10.42 | top 46.4% | 2,684 / 5,004 | |
| Clock | 18.40 | — | early days — 1 solve | 1,362 / 1,843 |
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
- 21 Apr 2024First competition: Nanchang Spring 2024. A 12.67 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Nanchang Summer 2026 · 18 Jul 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Guangdong Open - Revival & Rival 2026 · 6 Feb 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Nanchang Spring 2024 · 21 Apr 2024
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.
- You Wu (吴悠) — met in 9 rounds, finished ahead twice
- Yuzhe Gan (甘宇喆) — met in 9 rounds, finished ahead once
- Zijian Cai (蔡子健) — met in 9 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-3 Pyraminx single — 4,700 people have one; it is 0.86 away.
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 0.39 away.
Targets move as he improves.