People · Chinese Taipei
You-Hsiang Lu (呂祐翔)
Pyraminx · top 2.6% of 129,321 all-time · competing since July 2016 · 2016LUYO01
You-Hsiang Lu (呂祐翔) has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 2.65, set at Taiwan Championship 2022, puts him in the top 2.6% of the 129,321 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 44th in Chinese Taipei. Until October 2010, no official Pyraminx solve in the world had been that fast. Across 28 competitions since July 2016, he has put 773 official solves on the record across eleven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one; 53% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 17.05 in July 2016 to 9.42, a 45% improvement. He has entered 28 competitions, more competitions than 98% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Chinese Taipei | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pyraminx | 2.65 | 4.93 | top 2.6% | 44 / 1,016 | |
| 2×2 | 1.86 | 4.13 | top 3.9% | 98 / 1,669 | |
| 3×3 | 9.42 | 11.06 | top 5.9% | 350 / 4,213 | |
| Skewb | 3.64 | 6.86 | top 8.6% | 101 / 699 | |
| Megaminx | 1:01.09 | 1:08.64 | top 10.6% | 57 / 362 | |
| Clock | 7.29 | 10.27 | top 12.1% | 55 / 366 | |
| 4×4 | 43.28 | 47.95 | top 16.1% | 354 / 1,078 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 23.98 | 28.39 | top 31.4% | 397 / 802 | |
| 3×3 Fewest Moves | 37 moves | 42.00 | top 37.3% | 80 / 204 | |
| Square-1 | 24.75 | 32.57 | top 38.6% | 157 / 323 | |
| 5×5 | 1:45.64 | 1:50.31 | top 39.7% | 393 / 639 |
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
- 3 Sep 2022First sub-10 3×3: 9.74 at Maru Cube Day 2022.
- 3 Sep 2022Five personal bests in one day at Maru Cube Day 2022.
- 1 Feb 2020Three personal bests in one day at Pingtung Cubing Open 2020.
- 15 Sep 2019Three personal bests in one day at Dream One Cube Open 2019.
- 6 Jul 2019Nine personal bests in one day at Maru Cube Day 2019.
- 10 Sep 2017Four personal bests in one day at Kaohsiung Autumn Open 2017.
Competitions
- Chien Kuo Cubing Party 2025 · 25 May 2025
- Zhongshan Open 2025 · 3 May 2025
- Rubik's WCA Asian Championship 2024 · 1 Nov 2024
- Shin Kong Cube Open - New Taipei 2024 · 28 Sep 2024
- Taiwan Anti-NxNxN 2024 · 20 Jul 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Taipei Summer Open 2024 · 29 Jun 2024
- Zhongshan Open 2024 · 4 May 2024
- Please Be Quiet Taiwan 2024 · 24 Feb 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Taiwan Championship 2023 · 8 Dec 2023
- Shin Kong Cube Open 2023 · 16 Sep 2023
- Taiwan Cubing Challenge 2023 · 18 Jun 2023
- Taipei FMC All Day 2023 · 23 Apr 2023
- Taichung Open 2023 · 11 Feb 2023
- Taiwan Championship 2022 · 16 Dec 2022 — 2 personal bests set
- Yunlin Winter Open 2022 · 20 Nov 2022
- Maru Cube Day 2022 · 3 Sep 2022 — 5 personal bests set
- Pingtung Summer Open 2022 · 13 Aug 2022 — 2 personal bests set
- Chiayi Open 2022 · 23 Jul 2022 — 2 personal bests set
- Zhuyuangang Open 2020 · 29 Feb 2020 — 1 personal best set
- Pingtung Cubing Open 2020 · 1 Feb 2020 — 3 personal bests set
- Dream One Cube Open 2019 · 15 Sep 2019 — 3 personal bests set
- Maru Cube Day 2019 · 6 Jul 2019 — 9 personal bests set
- Taipei Almost Without NxN 2019 · 31 Mar 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Taipei Peace Open 2019 · 26 Jan 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- Kaohsiung Autumn Open 2017 · 10 Sep 2017 — 4 personal bests set
- Cross-strait Cubing Exchange 2017 · 12 Aug 2017 — 4 personal bests set
- Maru Cube Day 2017 · 15 Jul 2017 — 4 personal bests set
- Maru Cube Day 2016 · 9 Jul 2016 — 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.
- Chao-Che Chung (鍾肇哲) — met in 166 rounds, finished ahead 13 times
- Chia-Leo Lin (林珈樂) — met in 133 rounds, finished ahead 77 times
- Yen-Pin Xiao (蕭彥平) — met in 114 rounds, finished ahead 24 times
Next targets
- A sub-2 Pyraminx single — 1,476 people have one; it is 0.65 away.
- A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.86 away.
Targets move as he improves.