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Tianyu Lv (吕天宇)

3×3 · top 33.4% of 284,439 all-time · competing since May 2012 · 2012LVTI01

Tianyu Lv (吕天宇) has been competing for 14 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 17.77, set at Asian Championship 2016, puts him in the top 33.4% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 12,034th in China. Across 7 competitions since May 2012, he has put 83 official solves on the record across eight events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 16% around a typical one, an early reading from 7 counted rounds. That figure sets aside his 3 DNFs. His 3×3 best has come down from 54.00 in May 2012 to 17.77, a 67% improvement. Tianyu has entered seven competitions, more competitions than 88% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 33.4% of 284,439 all-time
17.77
signature single · Asian Championship 2016
83
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChina
3×317.7721.37
top 33.4%12,034 / 28,153
5×51:58.522:26.45
top 48.4%2,051 / 2,816
4×41:26.12
top 60.7%5,058 / 5,926
2×27.0613.63
top 60.9%10,222 / 15,796
Pyraminx11.9322.35
top 66.8%6,755 / 10,224
3×3 one-handed43.6947.96
top 70.1%5,344 / 5,922
Skewb35.98
early days — 2 solves4,940 / 5,004
Clock1:30.00
early days — 1 solve1,842 / 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

Tianjin Open 2012: 54.00TUT 2013: 21.65Tianjin University Open 2014: 18.76Beijing Open 2015: 19.93Tianjin Winter Open 2015: 18.55Asian Championship 2016: 17.77Tianjin Summer Open 2018: 19.2417.7754.0027 May 201224 Jun 2018

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-15 3×3 single — 69,493 people have one; it is 2.77 away.
  • A sub-1:30 5×5 single — 11,140 people have one; it is 28.52 away.

Targets move as he improves.