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Yishen Lu

3×3 · top 30.0% of 284,439 all-time · competing since May 2023 · 2023LUYI01

Yishen Lu has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 16.68, set at August Bank Holiday Cheltenham 2023, puts him in the top 30.0% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 10,990th in China. Across 5 competitions since May 2023, he has put 93 official solves on the record across five events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, an early reading from 7 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 21.97 in May 2023 to 16.68, a 24% improvement. Yishen has entered five competitions, more competitions than 83% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 30.0% of 284,439 all-time
16.68
signature single · August Bank Holiday Cheltenham 2023
93
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChina
3×316.6822.06
top 30.0%10,990 / 28,153
Pyraminx7.4210.77
top 31.3%3,441 / 10,224
2×25.356.91
top 43.6%7,505 / 15,796
Skewb9.9317.62
top 54.5%3,034 / 5,004
4×41:27.05
top 61.4%5,089 / 5,926

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

Hampshire Spring 2023: 21.97Bolton Summer 2023: 21.16August Bank Holiday Cheltenham 2023: 16.68Rubik's UK Championship 2023: 18.81Hampshire Autumn 2024: 19.5116.6821.9727 May 202319 Oct 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-15 3×3 single — 69,493 people have one; it is 1.68 away.
  • A sub-6 Pyraminx single — 25,870 people have one; it is 1.42 away.

Targets move as he improves.