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Zhaogan Lu (鲁昭淦)

2×2 · top 19.4% of 186,767 all-time · competing since August 2016 · 2016LUZH02

Zhaogan Lu (鲁昭淦) has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 3.44, set at China Championship 2017, puts him in the top 19.4% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 3,193rd in China. Across 6 competitions since August 2016, he has put 120 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, an early reading from 7 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 22.03 in August 2016 to 14.84, a 33% improvement. Zhaogan has entered six competitions, more competitions than 86% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 19.4% of 186,767 all-time
3.44
signature single · China Championship 2017
120
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChina
2×23.445.95
top 19.4%3,193 / 15,796
3×314.8417.47
top 23.9%9,067 / 28,153
5×51:33.91
early days — 2 solves1,387 / 2,816
4×455.691:03.18
top 31.6%3,185 / 5,926
Pyraminx7.7111.13
top 33.8%3,711 / 10,224
Skewb11.2414.41
top 62.1%3,369 / 5,004
6×63:55.354:04.52
early days — 3 solves1,125 / 1,349

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

Linyi Open 2016: 22.03Asian Championship 2016: 19.27ZUA Open 2017: 14.84China Championship 2017: 17.00Luoyang Spring 2024: 15.26Zhengzhou Open 2024: 15.0214.8422.037 Aug 20168 Dec 2024

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-3 2×2 single — 26,570 people have one; it is 0.44 away.
  • A sub-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 2.84 away.

Targets move as he improves.