People · China
Anchang Wang (王安畅)
3×3 · top 3.0% of 284,439 all-time · competing since April 2015 · 2015WANG22
Anchang Wang (王安畅) has been competing for 11 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.10, set at Guangdong Open - Revival & Rival 2026, puts him in the top 3.0% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,073rd in China. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 18 competitions since April 2015, he has put 486 official solves on the record across eight events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 81% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 33.77 in April 2015 to 8.10, a 76% improvement. Anchang has entered 18 competitions, more competitions than 96% 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 | 8.10 | 9.31 | top 3.0% | 1,073 / 28,153 | |
| 2×2 | 2.07 | 4.41 | top 5.2% | 734 / 15,796 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 14.91 | 18.17 | top 8.0% | 771 / 5,922 | |
| Pyraminx | 5.07 | 7.92 | top 13.6% | 1,613 / 10,224 | |
| Skewb | 6.50 | 9.70 | top 29.7% | 1,833 / 5,004 | |
| 4×4 | 57.64 | 1:03.11 | top 33.9% | 3,369 / 5,926 | |
| 5×5 | 1:45.38 | 1:59.24 | top 39.4% | 1,769 / 2,816 | |
| 6×6 | 4:54.46 | — | early days — 1 solve | 1,280 / 1,349 |
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
- 15 Dec 2018Three personal bests in one day at Wenzhou Open 2018.
- 2 Jun 2018First sub-10 3×3: 9.14 at Lishui University Open 2018.
- 2 Jun 2018Four personal bests in one day at Lishui University Open 2018.
- 18 Nov 2017Four personal bests in one day at HDU Open 2017.
- 10 Jun 2017Three personal bests in one day at ZUST Open 2017.
- 30 Apr 2017Four personal bests in one day at Wenzhou Open 2017.
Competitions
- Xianju NxN 2026 · 7 Mar 2026
- Guangdong Open - Revival & Rival 2026 · 6 Feb 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Lishui Open 2025 · 25 May 2025
- China Championship 2019 · 26 Jul 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Huzhou Open 2019 · 13 Jul 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Wenzhou Open 2018 · 15 Dec 2018 — 3 personal bests set
- Ningbo Open 2018 · 13 Oct 2018
- Lishui University Open 2018 · 2 Jun 2018 — 4 personal bests set
- Hangzhou Spring 2018 · 17 Mar 2018 — 1 personal best set
- Jinhua New Year's Day 2018 · 1 Jan 2018
- HDU Open 2017 · 18 Nov 2017 — 4 personal bests set
- Yangzhou Open 2017 · 20 Aug 2017
- ZUST Open 2017 · 10 Jun 2017 — 3 personal bests set
- Wenzhou Open 2017 · 30 Apr 2017 — 4 personal bests set
- Hangzhou Autumn 2016 · 19 Nov 2016 — 2 personal bests set
- Asian Championship 2016 · 1 Oct 2016 — 2 personal bests set
- Jinhua Open 2016 · 6 Aug 2016 — 2 personal bests set
- Wenzhou Open 2015 · 26 Apr 2015
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.
- Xinjie Shi (施鑫杰) — met in 80 rounds, finished ahead 8 times
- Ruihang Xu (许瑞航) — met in 49 rounds, finished ahead 13 times
- Xuming Wang (王旭明) — met in 47 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.10 away.
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.07 away.
Targets move as he improves.