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Yaolian Lu (陆耀莲)

2×2 · top 18.5% of 186,767 all-time · competing since November 2017 · 2017LUYA01

Yaolian Lu (陆耀莲) has been competing for 9 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 3.36, set at Zhanjiang Open 2018, puts him in the top 18.5% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 3,016th in China. Across 3 competitions since November 2017, he has put 60 official solves on the record across six events. His 3×3 best has come down from 25.36 in November 2017 to 14.55, a 43% improvement. Yaolian has entered three competitions, more competitions than 69% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 18.5% of 186,767 all-time
3.36
signature single · Zhanjiang Open 2018
60
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChina
2×23.365.32
top 18.5%3,016 / 15,796
3×314.5521.04
top 22.9%8,744 / 28,153
4×41:06.72
top 43.7%4,117 / 5,926
Pyraminx9.0911.45
top 45.6%4,852 / 10,224
3×3 one-handed37.04
early days — 3 solves4,919 / 5,922
Skewb11.9113.47
top 65.6%3,518 / 5,004

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

Zhongshan Open 2017: 25.36Yangjiang Open 2018: 21.10Zhanjiang Open 2018: 14.5514.5525.364 Nov 201726 Aug 2018

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-3 2×2 single — 26,570 people have one; it is 0.36 away.
  • A sub-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 2.55 away.

Targets move as he improves.