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Yao Lu (卢尧)

3×3 · top 27.6% of 284,439 all-time · competing since September 2010 · 2010LUYA01

Yao Lu (卢尧) has been competing for 16 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 15.93, set at Shandong Open 2011, puts him in the top 27.6% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 10,247th in China. Across 3 competitions since September 2010, he has put 30 official solves on the record across two events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 9% around a typical one, an early reading from 5 counted rounds. Yao has entered three competitions, more competitions than 69% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 27.6% of 284,439 all-time
15.93
signature single · Shandong Open 2011
30
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChina
3×315.9317.73
top 27.6%10,247 / 28,153
3×3 one-handed46.9653.51
top 73.7%5,474 / 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

Shandong 2010: 17.40Shandong Open 2011: 15.93Qingdao Open 2012: 16.5915.9317.4012 Sep 201029 Jul 2012

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

The story so far

  • 12 Sep 2010First competition: Shandong 2010. A 18.25 3×3 single to start from.

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-15 3×3 single — 69,493 people have one; it is 0.93 away.
  • A sub-40 3×3 one-handed single — 48,086 people have one; it is 6.96 away.

Targets move as he improves.