People · China
Tony Lu
2×2 · top 8.1% of 189,179 all-time · competing since March 2023 · 2023LUTO01
Tony Lu has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.41, set at Greater Toronto 2024, puts him in the top 8.1% of the 189,179 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,194th in China. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 12 competitions since March 2023, he has put 232 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 10% around a typical one, steadier than 96% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 13.24 in March 2023 to 10.50, a 21% improvement. Tony has entered twelve 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 2.41 | 4.68 | top 8.1% | 1,194 / 15,939 | |
| 3×3 | 10.50 | 12.58 | top 9.0% | 3,583 / 28,499 | |
| 4×4 | 48.31 | 54.45 | top 22.6% | 2,476 / 5,999 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 23.74 | 31.46 | top 30.9% | 3,029 / 5,994 | |
| Pyraminx | 7.60 | 12.18 | top 32.9% | 3,653 / 10,269 | |
| 5×5 | 2:34.45 | — | top 68.0% | 2,578 / 2,857 | |
| Skewb | 13.32 | 17.45 | top 72.1% | 3,785 / 5,030 |
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 Oct 2023Three personal bests in one day at Pickering Fall A 2023.
- 13 Jul 2023Three personal bests in one day at Canadian Championship 2023.
- 25 Mar 2023First competition: Nanaimo Swing into Spring 2023. A 13.24 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Pickering Mini Afternoon 2024 · 21 Sep 2024 — 1 personal best set
- NA Stadium Series - Edmonton 2024 · 22 Jun 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Greater Toronto 2024 · 18 Feb 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Waterloo Favourites Autumn 2023 · 16 Dec 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Scarborough Fall A 2023 · 18 Nov 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Pickering Fall A 2023 · 21 Oct 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- Waterloo Favourites Fall 2023 · 1 Oct 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Appleby Fall A 2023 · 23 Sep 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Canadian Championship 2023 · 13 Jul 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- Vancouver Pride 2023 · 11 Jun 2023 — 1 personal best set
- BC Spring Solving A 2023 · 21 May 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Nanaimo Swing into Spring 2023 · 25 Mar 2023
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.
- Liam Orovec — met in 25 rounds, finished ahead twice
- Tin Huang — met in 24 rounds, never finished ahead
- Burno Chak Kwan Li (李澤堃) — met in 23 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 9,039 people have one; it is 0.41 away.
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,606 people have one; it is 0.50 away.
Targets move as he improves.