People · China
Yanfei Lu (卢彦菲)
3×3 · top 4.6% of 284,439 all-time · competing since October 2016 · 2016LUYA03
Yanfei Lu (卢彦菲) has been competing for 10 years. Her best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.89, set at Ulanqab Small Cubes 2026, puts her in the top 4.6% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,765th in China. Until May 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 8 competitions since October 2016, she has put 163 official solves on the record across eight events. Solve to solve, her 3×3 times vary about 8% around a typical one, steadier than 99% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. Her 3×3 best has come down from 16.68 in October 2016 to 8.89, a 47% improvement. Yanfei has entered eight competitions, more competitions than 90% 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 | 8.89 | 13.18 | top 4.6% | 1,765 / 28,153 | |
| 2×2 | 2.58 | 4.42 | top 9.7% | 1,465 / 15,796 | |
| Pyraminx | 5.10 | 6.57 | top 13.8% | 1,638 / 10,224 | |
| 4×4 | 45.33 | 55.84 | top 18.7% | 2,031 / 5,926 | |
| Skewb | 8.30 | 13.34 | top 43.5% | 2,557 / 5,004 | |
| 5×5 | 1:55.21 | 2:01.74 | top 46.1% | 1,988 / 2,816 | |
| Megaminx | 2:18.55 | 3:06.24 | top 55.6% | 1,394 / 1,678 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 49.49 | — | early days — 2 solves | 5,569 / 5,922 |
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
- 29 Aug 2026First sub-10 3×3: 8.89 at Ulanqab Small Cubes 2026.
- 3 Feb 2018Three personal bests in one day at Inner Mongolia Winter 2018.
- 5 Aug 2017First sub-15 3×3: 13.95 at Inner Mongolia Summer 2017.
- 1 Oct 2016First competition: Asian Championship 2016. A 16.68 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Ulanqab Big Cubes 2026 · 29 Aug 2026
- Ulanqab Small Cubes 2026 · 29 Aug 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Ordos Winter 2020 · 11 Jan 2020 — 2 personal bests set
- Inner Mongolia Winter 2019 · 26 Jan 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Inner Mongolia Winter 2018 · 3 Feb 2018 — 3 personal bests set
- Taiyuan Autumn 2017 · 15 Oct 2017 — 2 personal bests set
- Inner Mongolia Summer 2017 · 5 Aug 2017 — 2 personal bests set
- Asian Championship 2016 · 1 Oct 2016
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.
- Yongxiang Guo (郭永祥) — met in 22 rounds, finished ahead 15 times
- Kai Han (韩铠) — met in 21 rounds, finished ahead 5 times
- Linxiao Xu (徐林霄) — met in 20 rounds, finished ahead 6 times
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.89 away.
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.58 away.
Targets move as she improves.