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Yuxiao Lu (陆语骁)

3×3 · top 0.96% of 284,439 all-time · competing since October 2017 · 2017LUYU02

Yuxiao Lu (陆语骁) has been competing for 9 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 6.63, set at Wuhu Open 2026, puts him in the top 0.96% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 358th in China. Until May 2011, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 15 competitions since October 2017, he has put 772 official solves on the record across twelve events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 68% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 17.07 in October 2017 to 6.63, a 61% improvement. Yuxiao has entered 15 competitions, more competitions than 95% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 0.96% of 284,439 all-time
6.63
signature single · Wuhu Open 2026
772
official solves on the record
14%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 68% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChina
3×36.637.56
top 0.96%358 / 28,153
4×426.9030.05
top 1.3%131 / 5,926
3×3 one-handed11.8013.38
top 2.7%237 / 5,922
Skewb2.765.42
top 3.9%204 / 5,004
2×21.982.37
top 4.6%629 / 15,796
Pyraminx3.567.14
top 5.7%679 / 10,224
Square-111.6814.72
top 9.2%136 / 1,362
3×3 blindfolded1:25.291:36.45
top 21.4%294 / 1,183
5×51:23.021:30.00
top 21.6%1,033 / 2,816
Megaminx1:23.781:30.32
top 24.2%734 / 1,678
6×62:53.193:07.44
top 37.6%770 / 1,349
Clock12.7114.88
top 38.3%918 / 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

Hefei Open 2017: 17.07Hubei University Shahu Spring 2018: 15.88Nanjing Spring 2018: 14.64You May Open 2018: 14.88Hefei Summer 2018: 12.21Xuzhou Winter 2018: 9.46Hefei Spring 2019: 9.50Xuzhou Spring 2019: 9.21AHAU Open 2019: 8.19Hefei Summer 2019: 9.43China Championship 2019: 9.35Xuzhou Winter 2019: 7.67Chengdu Summer 2024: 6.67Taizhou Open 2025: 6.85Wuhu Open 2026: 6.636.6317.075 Oct 201725 Jul 2026

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-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 0.63 away.
  • A sub-25 4×4 single — 588 people have one; it is 1.90 away.

Targets move as he improves.