People · China
Tianqin Lu (陆天勤)
3×3 · top 3.6% of 284,439 all-time · competing since October 2015 · 2015LUTI01
Tianqin Lu (陆天勤) has been competing for 11 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.45, set at China Championship 2018, puts him in the top 3.6% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,365th in China. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 13 competitions since October 2015, he has put 152 official solves on the record across two events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 76% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 30.41 in October 2015 to 8.45, a 72% improvement. Tianqin has entered 13 competitions, more competitions than 94% 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 | 8.45 | 10.86 | top 3.6% | 1,365 / 28,153 | |
| 2×2 | 5.02 | 7.04 | top 39.6% | 6,829 / 15,796 |
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
- 25 Nov 2017First sub-10 3×3: 9.33 at WHU Rubik's Cube Days 2017.
- 16 Jul 2016First sub-15 3×3: 14.35 at Chongqing Open 2016.
- 8 May 2016First sub-30 3×3: 15.66 at Xi'an Summer 2016.
- 8 May 2016First sub-20 3×3: 15.66 at Xi'an Summer 2016.
- 2 Oct 2015First competition: China Championship 2015. A 30.41 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- China Championship 2019 · 26 Jul 2019 — 1 personal best set
- WHUT Open 2018 · 9 Dec 2018
- China Championship 2018 · 2 Oct 2018 — 2 personal bests set
- WHU Rubik's Cube Days 2017 · 25 Nov 2017 — 1 personal best set
- China's 10th Anniversary Championship 2017 · 1 Oct 2017
- China Championship 2017 · 28 Jul 2017 — 1 personal best set
- Changsha Xiangmo 2017 · 6 May 2017
- Asian Championship 2016 · 1 Oct 2016 — 1 personal best set
- Xi'an Open 2016 · 13 Aug 2016 — 1 personal best set
- Chongqing Open 2016 · 16 Jul 2016 — 2 personal bests set
- Cube of Odd Numbers 2016 · 18 Jun 2016
- Xi'an Summer 2016 · 8 May 2016 — 1 personal best set
- China Championship 2015 · 2 Oct 2015
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.
- Jiayu Wang (王佳宇) — met in 22 rounds, never finished ahead
- Zibo Xu (徐子博) — met in 21 rounds, never finished ahead
- Yunliang Zhang (张赟量) — met in 21 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.45 away.
- A sub-5 2×2 single — 73,413 people have one; it is 0.02 away.
Targets move as he improves.