People · Chinese Taipei
William Lu (呂宇綸)
3×3 · top 0.91% of 284,439 all-time · competing since September 2017 · 2017LUWI01
William Lu (呂宇綸) has been competing for 9 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 6.57, set at Dream One Cube Open 2019, puts him in the top 0.91% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 45th in Chinese Taipei. Until May 2011, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 23 competitions since September 2017, he has put 901 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 66% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 13.06 in September 2017 to 6.57, a 50% improvement. William has entered 23 competitions, more competitions than 97% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Chinese Taipei | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 6.57 | 7.91 | top 0.91% | 45 / 4,213 | |
| 2×2 | 1.37 | 2.60 | top 1.6% | 36 / 1,669 | |
| 4×4 | 29.38 | 35.43 | top 2.5% | 71 / 1,078 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 14.43 | 17.14 | top 6.9% | 92 / 802 | |
| Pyraminx | 4.23 | 7.43 | top 8.8% | 137 / 1,016 | |
| Skewb | 5.13 | 8.70 | top 19.2% | 193 / 699 | |
| 5×5 | 1:39.93 | 1:44.97 | top 35.3% | 364 / 639 |
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 Sep 2019Four personal bests in one day at Dream One Cube Open 2019.
- 6 Jul 2019Three personal bests in one day at Maru Cube Day 2019.
- 16 Mar 2019Four personal bests in one day at Zhuyuangang Open 2019.
- 7 Oct 2018Three personal bests in one day at Kaohsiung Autumn Open 2018.
- 17 Aug 2018First sub-10 3×3: 9.72 at WCA Asian Championship 2018.
- 17 Aug 2018Four personal bests in one day at WCA Asian Championship 2018.
Competitions
- Taipei Summer Open 2025 · 28 Jun 2025
- Honhui Cubing Carnival 2024 · 13 Apr 2024
- Kaohsiung Winter Open 2022 · 12 Feb 2022 — 1 personal best set
- Taiwan Open 2022 · 14 Jan 2022 — 1 personal best set
- Welcome Back Kaohsiung 2021 · 9 May 2021
- Zhuyuangang Open 2020 · 29 Feb 2020 — 1 personal best set
- Taiwan Championship 2019 · 13 Dec 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Cross-strait Cubing Exchange 2019 · 12 Oct 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- Dream One Cube Open 2019 · 15 Sep 2019 — 4 personal bests set
- Maru Cube Day 2019 · 6 Jul 2019 — 3 personal bests set
- Chien Kuo Cubing Party 2019 · 26 May 2019 — 1 personal best set
- All is Well Tainan 2019 · 5 May 2019 — 1 personal best set
- HCHS 10th Anniversary 2019 · 21 Apr 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- Zhuyuangang Open 2019 · 16 Mar 2019 — 4 personal bests set
- Taichung Cubing Open 2019 · 16 Feb 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- Taipei Peace Open 2019 · 26 Jan 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- Taiwan Championship 2018 · 15 Dec 2018
- Taipei Winter Open 2018 · 18 Nov 2018 — 1 personal best set
- Kaohsiung Autumn Open 2018 · 7 Oct 2018 — 3 personal bests set
- WCA Asian Championship 2018 · 17 Aug 2018 — 4 personal bests set
- Kaohsiung Spring Open 2018 · 11 Mar 2018 — 1 personal best set
- Cubing Tainan 2018 · 28 Jan 2018 — 3 personal bests set
- Kaohsiung Autumn Open 2017 · 10 Sep 2017 — 1 personal best set
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.
- Chao-Che Chung (鍾肇哲) — met in 174 rounds, finished ahead 65 times
- He-Ping Zheng (鄭和平) — met in 135 rounds, finished ahead 37 times
- Ho Hsieh (謝合) — met in 134 rounds, finished ahead 40 times
Next targets
- A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 0.57 away.
- A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.37 away.
Targets move as he improves.