People · China
Yulun Wu (吴宇伦)
Pyraminx · top 0.083% of 129,321 all-time · competing since February 2010 · 2010WUYU02
Yulun Wu (吴宇伦) has been competing for 17 years. His best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 1.10, set at Lishui University Open 2018, puts him in the top 0.083% of the 129,321 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 7th in China. Until June 2018, no official Pyraminx solve in the world had been that fast. Across 54 competitions since February 2010, he has put 1,369 official solves on the record across twelve events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, steadier than 55% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His Pyraminx best has come down from 8.27 in August 2010 to 1.10, an 87% improvement. Yulun has entered 54 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | China | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pyraminx | 1.10 | 2.42 | top 0.083% | 7 / 10,224 | |
| Megaminx | 47.77 | 55.41 | top 4.1% | 93 / 1,678 | |
| 3×3 | 9.00 | 12.44 | top 4.9% | 1,846 / 28,153 | |
| 2×2 | 2.21 | 3.73 | top 6.3% | 895 / 15,796 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 18.63 | 20.65 | top 16.8% | 1,661 / 5,922 | |
| 4×4 | 44.69 | 52.83 | top 17.9% | 1,943 / 5,926 | |
| 5×5 | 1:32.32 | 1:39.65 | top 29.2% | 1,322 / 2,816 | |
| 3×3 Fewest Moves | 36 moves | 42.33 | top 33.6% | 369 / 1,058 | |
| Skewb | 7.02 | 10.02 | top 33.8% | 2,063 / 5,004 | |
| 6×6 | 2:59.57 | 3:15.24 | top 40.9% | 813 / 1,349 | |
| 7×7 | 4:31.75 | 4:38.58 | top 41.6% | 772 / 1,261 | |
| Clock | 15.89 | — | early days — 3 solves | 1,202 / 1,843 |
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
- 20 Oct 2018Three personal bests in one day at Wuxi Autumn 2018.
- 6 Aug 2016First sub-10 3×3: 9.00 at Jinhua Open 2016.
- 6 Aug 2016Three personal bests in one day at Jinhua Open 2016.
- 9 Aug 2014Four personal bests in one day at Chongqing Open 2014.
- 1 May 2014Four personal bests in one day at Hefei Spring 2014.
- 7 Apr 2014First sub-15 3×3: 14.68 at Nanjing Spring 2014.
Competitions
- Suzhou Open 2019 · 4 Aug 2019
- China Championship 2019 · 26 Jul 2019
- Wuhu Open 2019 · 27 Apr 2019
- Kunshan Open 2019 · 20 Apr 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- SJTU Winter Open 2018 · 30 Dec 2018
- Wenzhou Open 2018 · 15 Dec 2018
- Wuhu Open 2018 · 24 Nov 2018
- Nanjing Autumn 2018 · 17 Nov 2018
- Hangzhou Open 2018 · 10 Nov 2018 — 1 personal best set
- Wuxi Autumn 2018 · 20 Oct 2018 — 3 personal bests set
- Ningbo Open 2018 · 13 Oct 2018 — 1 personal best set
- China Championship 2018 · 2 Oct 2018
- WCA Asian Championship 2018 · 17 Aug 2018
- Suzhou Open 2018 · 5 Aug 2018
- Cross-strait FMC 2018 · 4 Aug 2018 — 1 personal best set
- Wuxi Try to Get a Mean 2018 · 14 Jul 2018
- Lishui University Open 2018 · 2 Jun 2018 — 1 personal best set
- HUST Open 2018 · 26 May 2018
- Shanghai Love in ECNU 2018 · 19 May 2018 — 2 personal bests set
- Nanchang Summer Is Coming 2018 · 5 May 2018
- Guangdong Open 2018 · 30 Apr 2018
- Kunshan Open 2018 · 21 Apr 2018
- Xi'an Cherry Blossom 2018 · 6 Apr 2018 — 2 personal bests set
- GDSY Open 2018 · 24 Mar 2018 — 2 personal bests set
- Shanghai Winter 2018 · 20 Jan 2018 — 1 personal best set
- Chongqing Open 2017 · 30 Dec 2017
- Zhenjiang Open 2017 · 10 Dec 2017
- Nanjing Autumn 2017 · 4 Nov 2017
- Hefei Open 2017 · 5 Oct 2017 — 1 personal best set
- China Championship 2017 · 28 Jul 2017
- World Rubik's Cube Championship 2017 · 13 Jul 2017
- Beijing Open 2017 · 24 Jun 2017
- Shanghai Love In ECNU 2017 · 20 May 2017 — 1 personal best set
- Shanghai Spring 2017 · 18 Mar 2017
- Shanghai Winter is Coming 2016 · 5 Nov 2016
- Asian Championship 2016 · 1 Oct 2016
- Jinhua Open 2016 · 6 Aug 2016 — 3 personal bests set
- Chongqing Open 2016 · 16 Jul 2016
- Nanjing Spring 2015 · 1 May 2015 — 1 personal best set
- AnHui University Open 2015 · 29 Mar 2015
- Nanjing Autumn 2014 · 18 Oct 2014
- Chongqing Open 2014 · 9 Aug 2014 — 4 personal bests set
- Nantong Open 2014 · 19 Jul 2014 — 2 personal bests set
- Hefei Summer Open 2014 · 13 Jul 2014
- Zhejiang University Open 2014 · 24 May 2014 — 1 personal best set
- Hefei Spring 2014 · 1 May 2014 — 4 personal bests set
- Nanjing Spring 2014 · 7 Apr 2014 — 3 personal bests set
- Shanghai Spring 2014 · 2 Mar 2014 — 3 personal bests set
- Chongqing Open 2013 · 10 Aug 2013 — 4 personal bests set
- Zhejiang University 2013 · 23 Mar 2013 — 2 personal bests set
- Suzhou Open 2012 · 10 Nov 2012 — 2 personal bests set
- Shanghai Summer 2012 · 21 Jul 2012 — 3 personal bests set
- Shanghai Open 2010 · 14 Aug 2010 — 1 personal best set
- Shanghai Winter Cubing Festival 2010 · 7 Feb 2010
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.
- Boxi Chen (陈博希) — met in 125 rounds, finished ahead 89 times
- Yi Wang (王旖) — met in 125 rounds, finished ahead 61 times
- Yinghao Wang (王鹰豪) — met in 119 rounds, finished ahead 34 times
Next targets
- A sub-1 Pyraminx single — 49 people have one; it is 0.10 away.
- A sub-40 Megaminx single — 557 people have one; it is 7.77 away.
Targets move as he improves.