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Baocheng Wu (吴宝城)

2×2 · top 4.2% of 186,767 all-time · competing since July 2014 · 2014WUBA01

Baocheng Wu (吴宝城) has been competing for 12 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.91, set at Jieyang Winter 2019, puts him in the top 4.2% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 555th in China. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 95 competitions since July 2014, he has put 2,065 official solves on the record across 14 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 76% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 25.26 in July 2014 to 10.64, a 58% improvement. Baocheng has entered 95 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 4.2% of 186,767 all-time
1.91
signature single · Jieyang Winter 2019
2,065
official solves on the record
12%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 76% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChina
2×21.914.81
top 4.2%555 / 15,796
Skewb2.945.64
top 4.7%259 / 5,004
3×3 one-handed14.2919.76
top 6.7%646 / 5,922
4×437.2043.17
top 8.9%929 / 5,926
3×310.6413.21
top 9.4%3,672 / 28,153
Pyraminx4.657.92
top 11.1%1,319 / 10,224
5×51:15.061:21.53
top 15.4%752 / 2,816
3×3 Fewest Moves32 moves39.33
top 20.4%216 / 1,058
Square-119.9523.75
top 27.9%473 / 1,362
7×73:55.124:16.62
top 28.9%569 / 1,261
Megaminx1:36.171:49.73
top 32.2%954 / 1,678
6×62:51.743:01.99
top 36.9%764 / 1,349
Clock14.5719.10
top 46.2%1,088 / 1,843
3×3 blindfolded4:18.93—
early days — 1 solve985 / 1,183

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

Huizhou Open 2014: 25.26Shenzhen Open 2015: 18.11Shantou Open 2015: 16.18China Championship 2015: 14.42Guangzhou Rubik's Cube Days 2016: 14.81Cube of Odd Numbers 2016: 13.20Shantou Open 2016: 13.23Asian Championship 2016: 13.45Wuhan Open 2016: 11.41Xi'an Cherry Blossom 2017: 14.61Nanchang Spring 2017: 12.95Wuhan NxN Open 2017: 12.86Shantou Open 2017: 13.79China's 10th Anniversary Championship 2017: 11.69Hefei Open 2017: 14.13Nanchang Open 2017: 12.51WHU Rubik's Cube Days 2017: 12.98Jinhua New Year's Day 2018: 12.14Dongguan Open 2018: 12.86Hubei University Shahu Spring 2018: 12.94Cross-strait Cubing Exchange 2018: 11.48Changsha Xiangmo 2018: 12.27Guangdong Open 2018: 11.75Nanchang Summer Is Coming 2018: 12.70HUST Open 2018: 11.78Nanchang Dragon-boat Open 2018: 12.08Nanchang Medium & Small Cubes 2018: 12.66Zhangzhou Open 2018: 13.47Qianjiang Summer Open 2018: 13.60Jiujiang Open 2018: 12.60Wuhan University Open 2018: 11.92China Championship 2018: 12.99WIT Open 2018: 11.86Hangzhou Open 2018: 13.29Chengdu Winter Open 2018: 11.72WHUT Open 2018: 12.65Wenzhou Open 2018: 11.62Dongguan Open 2019: 11.94Jieyang Winter 2019: 11.84Wuhan Chuyun Spring 2019: 10.79Anyang Open 2019: 13.04Changsha Spring Open 2019: 12.62Nanchang Open 2019: 11.89Wuhan Open 2019: 13.72Hengyang Open 2019: 12.52AHAU Open 2019: 12.34Zhongshan Children's Cube Day 2019: 12.38Heze Open 2019: 12.49China Championship 2019: 12.45Wuhan Autumn 2019: 13.49Luoyang Open 2019: 10.64Changsha Autumn 2019: 14.26Ezhou Open 2019: 12.74Nanchang Winter 2019: 12.28Jieyang Winter 2020: 12.21Nanchang Good Afternoon 2021: 14.33Guangdong Open 2021: 13.83Shenzhen Open 2023: 14.09Huizhou 10th Anniversary 2024: 16.71Guilin Open 2024: 15.76Xi'an Cherry Blossom 2025: 14.24Zhuhai Open 2025: 14.09Jiangmen Open 2025: 14.07Guangzhou Small Cubes 2025: 18.31Guangdong Open - Revival & Rival 2026: 17.77Zhuhai Pi Day 2026: 13.96Foshan Open 2026: 13.38Huanggang Open 2026: 15.35Guangzhou GraDUAL 3x3 I 2026: 14.47Zhanjiang Open 2026: 14.66Guangzhou GraDUAL 3x3 II 2026: 15.29Guangzhou GraDUAL 3x3 III 2026: 12.8510.6425.2627 Jul 20142 Sep 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-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.91 away.
  • A sub-2 Skewb single — 1,013 people have one; it is 0.94 away.

Targets move as he improves.