People · Hong Kong, China
Yan Luk (陸昕)
4×4 · top 3.0% of 85,040 all-time · competing since January 2019 · 2019YANL01
Yan Luk (陸昕) has been competing for 8 years. Her best event is the 4×4: a personal-best single of 30.28, set at Pickering Mini Afternoon 2024, puts her in the top 3.0% of the 85,040 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 30th in Hong Kong, China. Until August 2011, no official 4×4 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 12 competitions since January 2019, she has put 160 official solves on the record across eleven events. Solve to solve, her 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 78% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. Her 3×3 best has come down from 12.83 in January 2019 to 8.58, a 33% improvement. Yan has entered twelve 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 | Hong Kong, China | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4×4 | 30.28 | 32.78 | top 3.0% | 30 / 447 | |
| 3×3 | 8.58 | 9.98 | top 3.9% | 128 / 1,424 | |
| Megaminx | 52.38 | 56.34 | top 6.2% | 20 / 169 | |
| 5×5 | 1:01.18 | 1:09.00 | top 6.3% | 31 / 196 | |
| 6×6 | 2:08.37 | 2:09.50 | top 14.8% | 30 / 90 | |
| Square-1 | 15.20 | 18.48 | top 16.9% | 40 / 127 | |
| 7×7 | 3:27.41 | 3:56.25 | top 18.9% | 29 / 74 | |
| Pyraminx | 7.26 | 13.32 | top 30.0% | 199 / 448 | |
| 3×3 Fewest Moves | 37 moves | 48.67 | early days — 3 solves | 42 / 77 | |
| 2×2 | 5.20 | 6.39 | top 41.9% | 494 / 880 | |
| Skewb | 9.49 | 12.69 | top 51.8% | 198 / 293 |
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
- 21 Sep 2024First sub-10 3×3: 9.64 at Pickering Mini Afternoon 2024.
- 21 Sep 2024Four personal bests in one day at Pickering Mini Afternoon 2024.
- 26 Jan 2019First competition: Hong Kong Cube Day 2019. A 12.83 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Toronto Weeknights I 2026 · 30 Sep 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Toronto Mini Big & Blind 2026 · 20 Jun 2026 — 1 personal best set
- FMC World 2026 · 20 Jun 2026
- Pickering Favourites Summer 2026 · 14 Jun 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Pickering Mini Morning 2026 · 12 Apr 2026
- Pickering NxNxN Winter 2026 · 31 Jan 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Pickering Favourites Fall 2025 · 1 Nov 2025
- Pickering Favourites Spring 2025 · 3 May 2025
- Toronto Blindfolded 2025 · 26 Apr 2025
- Pickering Mini Afternoon 2024 · 21 Sep 2024 — 4 personal bests set
- Hong Kong Small Cube Day 2023 · 26 May 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Hong Kong Cube Day 2019 · 26 Jan 2019
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 her.
- Burno Chak Kwan Li (李澤堃) — met in 24 rounds, never finished ahead
- Shanglin Ye — met in 18 rounds, finished ahead 14 times
- Joshua Wright — met in 17 rounds, finished ahead 14 times
Next targets
- A sub-30 4×4 single — 2,465 people have one; it is 0.28 away.
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 8,101 people have one; it is 0.58 away.
Targets move as she improves.