People · China
Xiaolong Lu (卢晓龙)
3×3 · top 8.4% of 288,433 all-time · competing since November 2010 · 2010LUXI02
Xiaolong Lu (卢晓龙) has been competing for 16 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 10.30, set at Xiamen Open 2016, puts him in the top 8.4% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 3,359th in China. Until May 2007, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 18 competitions since November 2010, he has put 264 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, steadier than 52% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. That figure sets aside his 7 DNFs. His 3×3 best has come down from 36.58 in November 2010 to 10.30, a 72% improvement. Xiaolong has entered 18 competitions, more competitions than 96% 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 | 10.30 | 13.43 | top 8.4% | 3,359 / 28,499 | |
| 2×2 | 3.19 | 5.69 | top 16.6% | 2,702 / 15,939 | |
| Pyraminx | 7.38 | 8.32 | top 31.0% | 3,447 / 10,269 | |
| 4×4 | 56.63 | 1:06.07 | top 32.8% | 3,323 / 5,999 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 25.50 | 33.11 | top 35.7% | 3,427 / 5,994 | |
| Clock | 14.19 | 19.21 | top 44.6% | 1,074 / 1,887 |
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
- 26 May 2013Four personal bests in one day at Guangzhou SCAU Open 2013.
- 18 Aug 2012First sub-15 3×3: 14.43 at Guangdong Open 2012.
- 18 Aug 2012Four personal bests in one day at Guangdong Open 2012.
- 27 May 2012Five personal bests in one day at Guangzhou SCAU 2012.
- 20 May 2012First sub-20 3×3: 16.22 at Guangzhou SCUT 2012.
- 20 May 2012Three personal bests in one day at Guangzhou SCUT 2012.
Competitions
- Guangzhou Small Cubes 2025 · 9 Nov 2025
- Zhuhai Open 2025 · 15 Jun 2025
- Shenzhen Good Afternoon 2020 · 15 Nov 2020
- Huizhou Open 2018 · 1 Jul 2018
- Cross-strait Cubing Exchange 2016 · 13 Aug 2016
- Xiamen Open 2016 · 8 May 2016 — 1 personal best set
- Huizhou Open 2016 · 3 Apr 2016
- China Championship 2015 · 2 Oct 2015
- Shantou Open 2015 · 2 Aug 2015
- Huizhou Open 2015 · 26 Jul 2015
- Guangzhou Wushan Open 2014 · 18 May 2014
- Guangdong Open 2013 · 1 Oct 2013 — 1 personal best set
- Guangzhou SCAU Open 2013 · 26 May 2013 — 4 personal bests set
- Guangdong Open 2012 · 18 Aug 2012 — 4 personal bests set
- Guangzhou SCAU 2012 · 27 May 2012 — 5 personal bests set
- Guangzhou SCUT 2012 · 20 May 2012 — 3 personal bests set
- One-to-eight Cubes Competition 2011 · 20 Mar 2011 — 1 personal best set
- Guangzhou Small Cubes 2010 · 7 Nov 2010
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.
- Weixing Zhang (张炜星) — met in 46 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
- Xusheng Hong (洪旭升) — met in 44 rounds, finished ahead 32 times
- Ziyuan Lin (林子源) — met in 38 rounds, finished ahead 10 times
Next targets
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,606 people have one; it is 0.30 away.
- A sub-3 2×2 single — 27,049 people have one; it is 0.19 away.
Targets move as he improves.