People · China
Ziyang Lü (吕子阳)
2×2 · top 2.9% of 186,767 all-time · competing since June 2025 · 2025LUZI01
Ziyang Lü (吕子阳) has been competing for a year. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.67, set at Yancheng Open 2025, puts him in the top 2.9% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 359th in China. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 1 competition since June 2025, he has put 22 official solves on the record across three events.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | China | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 1.67 | 2.94 | top 2.9% | 359 / 15,796 | |
| 3×3 | 9.60 | 10.86 | top 6.4% | 2,464 / 28,153 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 19.86 | 22.47 | top 20.1% | 2,007 / 5,922 |
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 story so far
- 7 Jun 2025First competition: Yancheng Open 2025. A 10.12 3×3 single to start from.
- 7 Jun 2025First sub-10 3×3: 9.60 at Yancheng Open 2025.
Competitions
- Yancheng Open 2025 · 7 Jun 2025 — 1 personal best set
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.
- Litao Hao (郝立涛) — met in 5 rounds, finished ahead twice
- Yuan Gao (高原) — met in 5 rounds, finished ahead once
- Tommy Cherry — met in 5 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.67 away.
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.60 away.
Targets move as he improves.