People · China
Yimin Lü (吕怡敏)
Pyraminx · top 6.0% of 129,321 all-time · competing since April 2016 · 2016LUYI02
Yimin Lü (吕怡敏) has been competing for 10 years. Her best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 3.62, set at Nanjing Spring 2017, puts her in the top 6.0% of the 129,321 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 710th in China. Until February 2008, no official Pyraminx solve in the world had been that fast. Across 14 competitions since April 2016, she has put 368 official solves on the record across eight events. Solve to solve, her 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one; 81% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. Her Pyraminx best has come down from 7.94 in April 2016 to 3.62, a 54% improvement. Yimin has entered 14 competitions, more competitions than 95% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | China | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pyraminx | 3.62 | 4.91 | top 6.0% | 710 / 10,224 | |
| Megaminx | 1:06.23 | 1:10.89 | top 13.5% | 383 / 1,678 | |
| 3×3 | 12.17 | 17.13 | top 14.5% | 5,702 / 28,153 | |
| Skewb | 5.28 | 7.85 | top 20.3% | 1,260 / 5,004 | |
| Clock | 10.81 | 11.68 | top 29.2% | 681 / 1,843 | |
| 2×2 | 4.35 | 8.14 | top 31.0% | 5,311 / 15,796 | |
| 4×4 | 1:07.80 | 1:15.91 | top 44.7% | 4,200 / 5,926 | |
| 3×3 Fewest Moves | 53 moves | 54.00 | early days — 3 solves | 981 / 1,058 |
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, Pyraminx. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 30 Apr 2017Three personal bests in one day at Nanjing Spring 2017.
- 19 Nov 2016First sub-15 3×3: 12.17 at Hangzhou Autumn 2016.
- 13 Aug 2016First sub-20 3×3: 19.59 at Cross-strait Cubing Exchange 2016.
- 13 Aug 2016Four personal bests in one day at Cross-strait Cubing Exchange 2016.
- 2 Jul 2016Four personal bests in one day at Suzhou Open 2016.
- 30 Apr 2016First competition: Nanjing Spring 2016. A 25.47 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- SJTU Winter Open 2018 · 30 Dec 2018
- Nanjing Autumn 2017 · 4 Nov 2017 — 1 personal best set
- Quanzhou Side Event 2017 · 19 Aug 2017 — 1 personal best set
- Longyan Summer Open 2017 · 9 Jul 2017 — 1 personal best set
- Quanzhou Open 2017 · 2 Jul 2017 — 1 personal best set
- Shanghai Love In ECNU 2017 · 20 May 2017 — 1 personal best set
- Nanjing Spring 2017 · 30 Apr 2017 — 3 personal bests set
- Hangzhou Autumn 2016 · 19 Nov 2016 — 1 personal best set
- Shanghai Winter is Coming 2016 · 5 Nov 2016
- Nanjing Autumn 2016 · 16 Oct 2016 — 2 personal bests set
- Asian Championship 2016 · 1 Oct 2016 — 2 personal bests set
- Cross-strait Cubing Exchange 2016 · 13 Aug 2016 — 4 personal bests set
- Suzhou Open 2016 · 2 Jul 2016 — 4 personal bests set
- Nanjing Spring 2016 · 30 Apr 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.
- Yi Wang (王旖) — met in 45 rounds, finished ahead once
- Qi Zhou (周祺) — met in 36 rounds, finished ahead 13 times
- Yinghao Wang (王鹰豪) — met in 35 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
Next targets
- A sub-3 Pyraminx single — 4,700 people have one; it is 0.62 away.
- A sub-1:00 Megaminx single — 3,483 people have one; it is 6.23 away.
Targets move as she improves.