People · China
Yanyu Lu (陆彦羽)
4×4 · top 0.73% of 83,917 all-time · competing since October 2025 · 2025LUYA03
Yanyu Lu (陆彦羽) has been competing for 11 months. His best event is the 4×4: a personal-best single of 25.14, set at Nanning Open 2026, puts him in the top 0.73% of the 83,917 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 68th in China. Until January 2014, no official 4×4 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 4 competitions since October 2025, he has put 115 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 10% around a typical one, an early reading from 6 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 12.06 in October 2025 to 7.16, a 41% improvement. Yanyu has entered four competitions, more competitions than 78% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | China | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4×4 | 25.14 | 30.10 | top 0.73% | 68 / 5,926 | |
| 3×3 | 7.16 | 7.72 | top 1.5% | 542 / 28,153 | |
| 5×5 | 55.78 | 1:03.05 | top 3.6% | 165 / 2,816 | |
| 2×2 | 1.96 | 2.62 | top 4.5% | 606 / 15,796 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 13.94 | 17.29 | top 6.0% | 569 / 5,922 | |
| Pyraminx | 4.25 | 5.21 | top 8.9% | 1,068 / 10,224 |
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
- 23 Aug 2026Five personal bests in one day at Nanning Open 2026.
- 6 Feb 2026First sub-10 3×3: 9.11 at Guangdong Open - Revival & Rival 2026.
- 6 Feb 2026Six personal bests in one day at Guangdong Open - Revival & Rival 2026.
- 19 Oct 2025First competition: Guilin Open 2025. A 12.06 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Nanning Open 2026 · 23 Aug 2026 — 5 personal bests set
- Beihai Open 2026 · 22 Aug 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Guangdong Open - Revival & Rival 2026 · 6 Feb 2026 — 6 personal bests set
- Guilin Open 2025 · 19 Oct 2025
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.
- Zijian Cai (蔡子健) — met in 24 rounds, never finished ahead
- Tian Xia (夏天) — met in 17 rounds, never finished ahead
- Qiyu Zhang (张淇奥) — met in 16 rounds, finished ahead once
Next targets
- A sub-25 4×4 single — 588 people have one; it is 0.14 away.
- A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 1.16 away.
Targets move as he improves.