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Xu Lu (陆旭)

4×4 · top 0.64% of 83,917 all-time · competing since July 2018 · 2018LUXU01

Xu Lu (陆旭) has been competing for 8 years. His best event is the 4×4: a personal-best single of 24.74, set at Zhengzhou Zeal 2025, puts him in the top 0.64% of the 83,917 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 61st in China. Until January 2014, no official 4×4 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 11 competitions since July 2018, he has put 371 official solves on the record across 13 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 78% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 10.66 in July 2018 to 6.76, a 37% improvement. Xu has entered eleven competitions, more competitions than 93% of everyone who has ever competed.

4×4
best event — top 0.64% of 83,917 all-time
24.74
signature single · Zhengzhou Zeal 2025
371
official solves on the record
12%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 78% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChina
4×424.7431.35
top 0.64%61 / 5,926
2×21.152.92
top 0.9%94 / 15,796
3×36.767.96
top 1.1%394 / 28,153
3×3 one-handed10.7013.33
top 1.6%134 / 5,922
Pyraminx2.423.98
top 2.0%237 / 10,224
Skewb2.485.48
top 2.8%149 / 5,004
5×557.001:00.14
top 4.1%195 / 2,816
6×61:44.191:50.97
top 5.3%112 / 1,349
7×72:44.252:53.23
top 6.4%132 / 1,261
Megaminx53.3054.64
top 6.6%154 / 1,678
Clock6.189.30
top 7.8%159 / 1,843
Square-113.9518.34
top 14.0%210 / 1,362
3×3 Fewest Moves37 moves
top 37.3%409 / 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

Hefei Summer 2018: 10.66Xi'an Open 2024: 7.61Deqing Big Cubes Summer 2024: 7.22Hangzhou Open 2024: 7.54Yancheng Open 2025: 6.76Yancheng Spring Open 2026: 7.466.7610.6614 Jul 201829 Mar 2026

Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.

The story so far

Competitions

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.

Next targets

  • A sub-20 4×4 single — 42 people have one; it is 4.74 away.
  • A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.15 away.

Targets move as he improves.