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Yipin Lü (吕一品)

3×3 · top 23.1% of 284,439 all-time · competing since August 2015 · 2015LYIP01

Yipin Lü (吕一品) has been competing for 11 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 14.61, set at Xuzhou Open 2018, puts him in the top 23.1% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 8,811th in China. Across 10 competitions since August 2015, he has put 142 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 63% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 29.58 in August 2015 to 14.61, a 51% improvement. Yipin has entered ten competitions, more competitions than 92% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 23.1% of 284,439 all-time
14.61
signature single · Xuzhou Open 2018
142
official solves on the record
12%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 63% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChina
3×314.6116.15
top 23.1%8,811 / 28,153
3×3 one-handed21.3526.87
top 24.1%2,392 / 5,922
Skewb8.5812.68
top 45.6%2,649 / 5,004
2×25.848.76
top 49.2%8,417 / 15,796
4×41:18.42
early days — 2 solves4,772 / 5,926
Pyraminx13.8616.53
top 77.2%7,672 / 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

Wuxi Open 2015: 29.58Hefei Open 2016: 19.84Nanjing Spring 2017: 18.28China Championship 2017: 17.70Nanjing Autumn 2017: 16.06Xuzhou Open 2018: 14.61Suzhou Open 2018: 14.77China Championship 2018: 15.86Nanjing Autumn 2018: 15.20Kunshan Open 2024: 15.4514.6129.588 Aug 201514 Apr 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-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 2.61 away.
  • A sub-20 3×3 one-handed single — 15,081 people have one; it is 1.35 away.

Targets move as he improves.