People · China
Yuqian Lu (陆雨芊)
3×3 · top 0.56% of 288,433 all-time · competing since November 2025 · 2025LUYU03
Yuqian Lu (陆雨芊) has been competing for 11 months. Her best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 6.12, set at Zhuhai Pi Day 2026, puts her in the top 0.56% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 211th in China. Until June 2011, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 6 competitions since November 2025, she has put 169 official solves on the record across two events. Solve to solve, her 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 72% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. Her 2×2 best has come down from 2.19 in November 2025 to 1.33, a 39% improvement. Yuqian has entered six competitions, more competitions than 86% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | China | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 6.12 | 7.05 | top 0.56% | 211 / 28,499 | |
| 2×2 | 1.33 | 1.48 | top 1.5% | 174 / 15,939 |
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, 2×2. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 9 Nov 2025First competition: Guangzhou Small Cubes 2025. A 6.83 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Guilin Open 2026 · 18 Oct 2026
- Guangzhou Grand Open 2026 · 5 Oct 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Foshan Open 2026 · 2 May 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Zhuhai Pi Day 2026 · 14 Mar 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Guangdong Open - Revival & Rival 2026 · 6 Feb 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Guangzhou Small Cubes 2025 · 9 Nov 2025 — 2 personal bests 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 her.
- Zijian Cai (蔡子健) — met in 33 rounds, finished ahead 5 times
- Yiming Zhuang (庄轶茗) — met in 28 rounds, finished ahead 7 times
- Ziyu Ye (叶梓渝) — met in 27 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,419 people have one; it is 0.12 away.
- A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,050 people have one; it is 0.33 away.
Targets move as she improves.