People · China
Zhou Lü (吕洲)
2×2 · top 34.4% of 186,767 all-time · competing since November 2016 · 2016LUZH03
Zhou Lü (吕洲) has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 4.61, set at Xi'an Cherry Blossom 2019, puts him in the top 34.4% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 5,891st in China. Across 10 competitions since November 2016, he has put 120 official solves on the record across five events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 62% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. That figure sets aside his 5 DNFs. His 2×2 best has come down from 12.28 in November 2016 to 4.61, a 62% improvement. Zhou has entered ten competitions, more competitions than 92% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | China | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 4.61 | 6.39 | top 34.4% | 5,891 / 15,796 | |
| Pyraminx | 8.26 | 14.08 | top 38.4% | 4,160 / 10,224 | |
| 3×3 | 22.28 | 25.20 | top 46.2% | 15,232 / 28,153 | |
| 4×4 | 2:03.08 | — | early days — 2 solves | 5,716 / 5,926 | |
| Skewb | 19.15 | 29.10 | top 88.3% | 4,371 / 5,004 |
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
- 28 Jul 2017First sub-30 3×3: 26.16 at China Championship 2017.
- 27 Nov 2016First competition: XJTU Open 2016. A 57.34 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Xi'an 10th Anniversary 2019 · 24 Aug 2019
- Xi'an Cherry Blossom 2019 · 13 Apr 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- Xianyang Open 2019 · 3 Mar 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Xi'an Open 2018 · 27 Oct 2018 — 1 personal best set
- Baoji Open 2018 · 21 Jul 2018 — 2 personal bests set
- Xi'an Cherry Blossom 2018 · 6 Apr 2018 — 1 personal best set
- China Championship 2017 · 28 Jul 2017 — 2 personal bests set
- Xi'an Cherry Blossom 2017 · 2 Apr 2017 — 2 personal bests set
- Xi'an New Year 2017 · 2 Jan 2017 — 2 personal bests set
- XJTU Open 2016 · 27 Nov 2016
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.
- Mingsen Han (韩明森) — met in 28 rounds, finished ahead once
- Kaiyang Gao (高凯阳) — met in 24 rounds, never finished ahead
- Jia Yang (杨佳) — met in 22 rounds, finished ahead 5 times
Next targets
- A sub-4 2×2 single — 49,452 people have one; it is 0.61 away.
- A sub-8 Pyraminx single — 46,752 people have one; it is 0.26 away.
Targets move as he improves.