People · China
Zihou Lu (陆子侯)
3×3 · top 9.6% of 284,439 all-time · competing since March 2012 · 2012LUZI01
Zihou Lu (陆子侯) has been competing for 14 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 10.72, set at Wuhan University Open 2015, puts him in the top 9.6% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 3,768th in China. Until August 2006, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 11 competitions since March 2012, he has put 237 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 64% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 16.47 in March 2012 to 10.72, a 35% improvement. Zihou has entered eleven competitions, more competitions than 93% 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 | 10.72 | 14.03 | top 9.6% | 3,768 / 28,153 | |
| 2×2 | 2.58 | 4.63 | top 9.7% | 1,465 / 15,796 | |
| 4×4 | 49.10 | 53.69 | top 23.6% | 2,511 / 5,926 | |
| 5×5 | 1:27.54 | 1:46.00 | top 25.3% | 1,178 / 2,816 | |
| 6×6 | 2:43.05 | 3:03.79 | top 32.4% | 693 / 1,349 | |
| 3×3 blindfolded | 2:20.43 | — | early days — 2 solves | 583 / 1,183 | |
| 7×7 | 4:38.75 | 4:43.09 | top 44.0% | 812 / 1,261 |
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, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 1 Nov 2015Three personal bests in one day at Wuhan University Open 2015.
- 1 May 2015Three personal bests in one day at Nanjing Spring 2015.
- 7 Apr 2014First sub-15 3×3: 11.80 at Nanjing Spring 2014.
- 25 Mar 2012First competition: Nanjing Spring 2012. A 16.47 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Wuhan University Open 2015 · 1 Nov 2015 — 3 personal bests set
- Wuhan Open 2015 · 10 May 2015 — 1 personal best set
- Nanjing Spring 2015 · 1 May 2015 — 3 personal bests set
- Shanghai Fudan Spring 2015 · 25 Apr 2015
- Xi'an Cherry Blossom 2015 · 4 Apr 2015 — 1 personal best set
- Nanjing Autumn 2014 · 18 Oct 2014 — 1 personal best set
- Chongqing Open 2014 · 9 Aug 2014 — 2 personal bests set
- Hefei Summer Open 2014 · 13 Jul 2014 — 2 personal bests set
- Hefei Spring 2014 · 1 May 2014 — 1 personal best set
- Nanjing Spring 2014 · 7 Apr 2014 — 1 personal best set
- Nanjing Spring 2012 · 25 Mar 2012
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.
- Chunyu Zhang (张春雨) — met in 39 rounds, finished ahead once
- Jack Pan (潘杰康) — met in 36 rounds, finished ahead once
- Zijia Feng (冯子甲) — met in 29 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
Next targets
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 0.72 away.
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.58 away.
Targets move as he improves.