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Yiliang Lu (路义亮)

3×3 · top 13.6% of 284,439 all-time · competing since May 2008 · 2008LUYI01

Yiliang Lu (路义亮) has been competing for 18 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 11.90, set at Xi'an Cherry Blossom 2012, puts him in the top 13.6% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 5,337th in China. Across 24 competitions since May 2008, he has put 315 official solves on the record across ten events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 69% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 49.15 in May 2008 to 11.90, a 76% improvement. Yiliang has entered 24 competitions, more competitions than 97% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 13.6% of 284,439 all-time
11.90
signature single · Xi'an Cherry Blossom 2012
315
official solves on the record
12%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 69% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChina
3×311.9014.42
top 13.6%5,337 / 28,153
5×51:44.312:10.66
top 38.6%1,741 / 2,816
3×3 Fewest Moves39 moves48.67
top 44.7%515 / 1,058
4×41:09.911:23.83
top 46.8%4,322 / 5,926
2×26.908.35
top 59.6%10,032 / 15,796
3×3 one-handed40.2253.47
top 65.6%5,146 / 5,922
3×3 blindfolded4:16.13
top 71.6%978 / 1,183
7×713:12.0014:23.00
early days — 3 solves1,267 / 1,261
Pyraminx42.831:00.50
top 99.5%10,208 / 10,224
Clock2:47.942:54.81
top 100.0%1,845 / 1,843

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

Beijing Spring Open 2008: 49.15Beijing Fall Open 2008: 27.65Shijiazhuang Open 2009: 18.75Beijing Metropolis Open 2009: 19.33Beijing Winter 2009: 15.72Henan Open 2010: 14.40Guangdong Open 2010: 14.33Wuhan Open 2010: 14.44Beijing Winter 2011: 13.77Xi'an Spring 2011: 13.44Taiyuan 2011: 13.40Henan University of Science & Technology Open 2011: 13.41Zhengzhou Open 2011: 12.38Hangzhou Open 2011: 14.68Henan Countryside 2012: 15.18Changsha Spring 2012: 14.50Xi'an Cherry Blossom 2012: 11.90Zhengzhou Spring Open 2013: 15.91Zhengzhou Open 2014: 13.50Luoyang Spring 2024: 15.1811.9049.152 May 200810 Mar 2024

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-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 1.90 away.
  • A sub-1:30 5×5 single — 11,140 people have one; it is 14.31 away.

Targets move as he improves.