People · China
Xiaoyao Lu (卢逍遥)
3×3 one-handed · top 5.0% of 73,695 all-time · competing since May 2014 · 2014LUXI02
Xiaoyao Lu (卢逍遥) has been competing for 12 years. His best event is the 3×3 one-handed: a personal-best single of 13.36, set at Shenzhen Open 2015, puts him in the top 5.0% of the 73,695 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 455th in China. Until January 2010, no official 3×3 one-handed solve in the world had been that fast. Across 6 competitions since May 2014, he has put 119 official solves on the record across four events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, steadier than 85% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 12.85 in May 2014 to 10.96, a 15% improvement. Xiaoyao has entered six competitions, more competitions than 86% 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 one-handed | 13.36 | 18.03 | top 5.0% | 455 / 5,922 | |
| 3×3 | 10.96 | 13.14 | top 10.4% | 4,052 / 28,153 | |
| 2×2 | 2.74 | 5.75 | top 11.4% | 1,748 / 15,796 | |
| 4×4 | 57.07 | 1:09.60 | top 33.2% | 3,315 / 5,926 |
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
- 3 Aug 2014Three personal bests in one day at Shantou Open 2014.
- 18 May 2014First competition: Guangzhou Wushan Open 2014. A 13.52 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Shantou Open 2015 · 2 Aug 2015
- Huizhou Open 2015 · 26 Jul 2015
- Shenzhen Open 2015 · 12 Jul 2015 — 2 personal bests set
- Shantou Open 2014 · 3 Aug 2014 — 3 personal bests set
- Huizhou Open 2014 · 27 Jul 2014
- Guangzhou Wushan Open 2014 · 18 May 2014 — 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.
- Ziyuan Lin (林子源) — met in 21 rounds, finished ahead 5 times
- Xiaoxue Zhou (周晓学) — met in 20 rounds, finished ahead 10 times
- Mo Ji (季默) — met in 20 rounds, finished ahead 7 times
Next targets
- A sub-12 3×3 one-handed single — 2,187 people have one; it is 1.36 away.
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 0.96 away.
Targets move as he improves.