LYX, also known as LYX-TEST (エルワイエックス-テスト) or 迪拉克之海 (Dirac Sea), is a Chinese Touhou player who has extensively played every game of the series. November and December of 2008 have been a very fruitful period for this player, bringing him five new world records. It's noteworthy that most of his greatest achievements are made with characters that are potentially best, but at the same time hardest to master.
LYX is a a proficient Mountain of Faith player. As of September, 2009, he holds world records with Marisa-C in Easy, Normal, Hard, and Lunatic, which are all highest scores in the respective difficulty modes. His Extra score of 981 million (made on 2007/10/16) had been a world record as well, until たろー beat it with 990 million on 2007/12/22. His Normal and Hard mode records were toppled by 水月 in a similar manner, but later reclaimed.
LYX has been among the first players to have exceeded 2 billion on Hard mode of the game, and his current Lunatic record is 2.172 billion — the highest score ever registered in Mountain of Faith. He estimates as much as 2.18 billion to be attainable using current strategies. Likewise, 2.05 billion is attainable on Hard mode.
LYX also holds several notable records in Subterranean Animism, all made with Marisa-B. As of June, 2009, his Normal and Hard records are also the highest scores registered in their respective difficulty modes, and his Lunatic score of 3.997 billion is the #2 Marisa-B score and the #5 highest overall.
He also has an Imperishable Night Lunatic mode score of 5.52 billion, made with Sakuya and Remilia. Unlike most other scores of his, its replay hasn't been submitted to the Royalflare scoreboard.
Aside from Touhou series, LYX also plays arcade shoot-'em-ups. As reflected on his Live.com blog, the games he has been playing recently are DoDonPachi DaiFukkatsu 1.5, in which he recently attained over 799 billion points with C-Power ship, and Espgaluda II, in which he recently attained over 861 million points with Ageha. He supposedly play both games at I.O's place.
Notable player scores
| Game | Mode | Character | Score | Date | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Imperishable Night | Lunatic | Sk & Rr | 5,526,604,740 (#4) | 2007/07/06 | |
| Mountain of Faith | Easy | Marisa-C | 1,568,890,490 (WR) | 2009/07/16 | |
| Normal | Marisa-C | 1,690,034,600 (WR) | 2009/08/13 | ||
| Hard | Marisa-C | 2,041,705,080 (WR) | 2009/06/28 | No-miss. | |
| Lunatic | Marisa-C | 2,172,090,120 (WR) | 2009/03/12 | No-miss, full-spellcard (except SC #14). | |
| Extra | Marisa-C | 981,720,940 (#3) | 2007/10/16 | ||
| Subterranean Animism | Easy | Marisa-B | 678,795,190 (#2) | 2008/12/04 | 33184 graze points. |
| Normal | Marisa-B | 1,139,658,750 (WR) | 2008/12/12 | 47761 graze points. | |
| Hard | Marisa-B | 1,962,607,560 (WR) | 2009/02/17 | No-miss, 60396 graze points. | |
| Lunatic | Marisa-B | 3,997,470,590 (#2) | 2009/05/01 | 2 lives remaining, 86728 graze points. | |
| Undefined Fantastic Object | Easy | Marisa-A | 1,923,821,640 (WR) | 2010/05/29 |