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YongKang Lu
3×3 · top 6.2% of 284,439 all-time · competing since November 2023 · 2023LUYO01
YongKang Lu has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 9.52, set at NYU Winter 2024, puts him in the top 6.2% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 3,408th in the United States. Until February 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 3 competitions since November 2023, he has put 59 official solves on the record across four events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, an early reading from 6 counted rounds. YongKang has entered three competitions, more competitions than 69% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 9.52 | 12.04 | top 6.2% | 3,408 / 59,724 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 20.03 | 21.25 | top 20.5% | 2,637 / 15,683 | |
| 2×2 | 4.93 | 6.49 | top 38.4% | 15,399 / 40,951 | |
| Pyraminx | 10.36 | 22.53 | top 55.8% | 16,318 / 28,708 |
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, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 18 Nov 2023First competition: Princeton Fall 2023. A 11.44 3×3 single to start from.
- 18 Nov 2023First sub-10 3×3: 9.59 at Princeton Fall 2023.
Competitions
- NYU Winter 2024 · 2 Mar 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Cubes on the Bayside Winter 2024 · 14 Jan 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Princeton Fall 2023 · 18 Nov 2023 — 1 personal best set
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.
- Carson Widjaja — met in 12 rounds, never finished ahead
- Ayden Dincher — met in 12 rounds, never finished ahead
- Charlie Vater — met in 8 rounds, finished ahead 6 times
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.52 away.
- A sub-20 3×3 one-handed single — 15,081 people have one; it is 0.03 away.
Targets move as he improves.