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Ziyang Lü (吕子扬)

3×3 · top 2.2% of 284,439 all-time · competing since August 2024 · 2024LUZI03

Ziyang Lü (吕子扬) has been competing for 2 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 7.68, set at Singapore Pyraminx March 2026, puts him in the top 2.2% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 808th in China. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 6 competitions since August 2024, he has put 111 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 73% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 10.44 in August 2024 to 7.68, a 26% improvement. Ziyang has entered six competitions, more competitions than 86% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 2.2% of 284,439 all-time
7.68
signature single · Singapore Pyraminx March 2026
111
official solves on the record
12%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 73% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChina
3×37.6810.08
top 2.2%808 / 28,153
2×21.683.94
top 3.0%367 / 15,796
3×3 one-handed13.3116.84
top 4.9%445 / 5,922
Skewb5.1610.06
top 19.4%1,203 / 5,004
Pyraminx7.8913.93
top 35.3%3,856 / 10,224
Square-148.67
early days — 1 solve1,202 / 1,362

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

Deqing Small Cubes Summer 2024: 10.44Yancheng Open 2024: 9.30Yancheng Open 2025: 8.17Singapore Sprint November 2025: 8.97Back to Downtown Singapore 2026: 10.04Singapore Pyraminx March 2026: 7.687.6810.4425 Aug 202422 Mar 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 1.68 away.
  • A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.68 away.

Targets move as he improves.