People · China
Xi Lu (鲁曦)
3×3 blindfolded · top 1.9% of 12,178 all-time · competing since March 2018 · 2018LUXI01
Xi Lu (鲁曦) has been competing for 8 years. His best event is the 3×3 blindfolded: a personal-best single of 21.86, set at Queen City NC 2025, puts him in the top 1.9% of the 12,178 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 28th in China. Until November 2014, no official 3×3 blindfolded solve in the world had been that fast. Across 13 competitions since March 2018, he has put 20 official solves on the record across three events. His 3×3 blindfolded best has come down from 52.45 in April 2018 to 21.86, a 58% improvement. Xi 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 blindfolded | 21.86 | 28.42 | top 1.9% | 28 / 1,183 | |
| 4×4 blindfolded | 2:25.61 | — | early days — 2 solves | 9 / 149 | |
| 3×3 Fewest Moves | 27 moves | — | early days — 2 solves | 79 / 1,058 |
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 blindfolded. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 31 Mar 2018First competition: More Than One Cube 2018.
Competitions
- Queen City NC 2025 · 8 Mar 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Big 'n Blind Guangzhou 2019 · 8 Dec 2019 — 1 personal best set
- China Championship 2019 · 26 Jul 2019
- Hefei Summer 2019 · 22 Jun 2019
- Hangzhou Open 2019 · 18 May 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Wuhan Open 2019 · 2 May 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Shanghai Memory Nightmare 2019 · 20 Apr 2019
- Peking University 2018 · 9 Dec 2018
- Hangzhou Open 2018 · 10 Nov 2018 — 1 personal best set
- Wuxi Try to Get a Mean 2018 · 14 Jul 2018 — 1 personal best set
- Nanchang Summer Is Coming 2018 · 5 May 2018
- Nanjing Spring 2018 · 30 Apr 2018
- More Than One Cube 2018 · 31 Mar 2018
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.
- Yifan Wang (王逸帆) — met in 26 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
- Shenghai Fang (方胜海) — met in 26 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
- Yunqi Ouyang (欧阳韵奇) — met in 22 rounds, finished ahead 6 times
Next targets
- A sub-20 3×3 blindfolded single — 166 people have one; it is 1.86 away.
- A sub-2:00 4×4 blindfolded single — 56 people have one; it is 25.61 away.
Targets move as he improves.