People · China
Bo Wang (王擘)
3×3 · top 0.81% of 284,439 all-time · competing since December 2013 · 2013WANG69
Bo Wang (王擘) has been competing for 13 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 6.45, set at Taiyuan Open 2017, puts him in the top 0.81% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 306th in China. Until May 2011, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 83 competitions since December 2013, he has put 3,935 official solves on the record across 13 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 65% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 11.13 in December 2013 to 6.45, a 42% improvement. Bo has entered 83 competitions, more competitions than 99% 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 | 6.45 | 8.80 | top 0.81% | 306 / 28,153 | |
| 4×4 | 26.50 | 32.03 | top 1.2% | 112 / 5,926 | |
| 2×2 | 1.40 | 2.62 | top 1.7% | 200 / 15,796 | |
| 5×5 | 51.84 | 56.18 | top 2.3% | 92 / 2,816 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 11.62 | 15.69 | top 2.5% | 215 / 5,922 | |
| 6×6 | 1:35.61 | 1:44.58 | top 3.0% | 50 / 1,349 | |
| Pyraminx | 3.37 | 5.31 | top 5.0% | 593 / 10,224 | |
| 7×7 | 2:43.38 | 2:49.98 | top 6.3% | 128 / 1,261 | |
| Skewb | 3.71 | 6.34 | top 9.0% | 522 / 5,004 | |
| 3×3 Fewest Moves | 29 moves | 31.00 | top 12.2% | 122 / 1,058 | |
| Megaminx | 1:15.52 | 1:27.09 | top 19.0% | 577 / 1,678 | |
| Square-1 | 17.77 | 20.38 | top 22.8% | 369 / 1,362 | |
| Clock | 14.83 | 18.92 | top 47.2% | 1,116 / 1,843 |
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
- 30 Mar 2024Three personal bests in one day at Huzhou Open 2024.
- 28 May 2017Four personal bests in one day at Fuzhou Open 2017.
- 30 Apr 2016Three personal bests in one day at Nanjing Spring 2016.
- 2 Jan 2016Three personal bests in one day at Xi'an New Year 2016.
- 2 Oct 2015Five personal bests in one day at China Championship 2015.
- 10 May 2015Three personal bests in one day at Wuhan Open 2015.
Competitions
- Guangzhou Big Cubes 2025 · 21 Dec 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Malaysia Cube Championship 2025 · 1 Nov 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Hangzhou Open 2024 · 15 Dec 2024
- Zhengzhou Open 2024 · 8 Dec 2024
- Rubik's WCA Asian Championship 2024 · 1 Nov 2024
- Xuzhou Autumn 2024 · 21 Sep 2024
- Deqing Big Cubes Summer 2024 · 24 Aug 2024
- Xi'an Open 2024 · 3 Aug 2024
- Huzhou Open 2024 · 30 Mar 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Rubik's WCA World Championship 2023 · 12 Aug 2023
- Hangzhou Open PM 2021 · 18 Apr 2021 — 1 personal best set
- Shaoxing Afternoon 2021 · 27 Mar 2021 — 2 personal bests set
- Nanchang Good Afternoon 2021 · 2 Jan 2021
- Yancheng Spring 2019 · 6 Apr 2019
- Inner Mongolia Winter 2019 · 26 Jan 2019
- Xi'an Open 2018 · 27 Oct 2018 — 2 personal bests set
- Beijing Summer 2018 · 29 Jul 2018
- Hefei Summer 2018 · 14 Jul 2018 — 2 personal bests set
- Tangshan Open 2018 · 17 Jun 2018
- HUST Open 2018 · 26 May 2018 — 1 personal best set
- You May Open 2018 · 6 May 2018
- Nanjing Spring 2018 · 30 Apr 2018 — 2 personal bests set
- Shanghai Winter 2018 · 20 Jan 2018
- Jinhua New Year's Day 2018 · 1 Jan 2018 — 1 personal best set
- Zhenjiang Open 2017 · 10 Dec 2017 — 1 personal best set
- FMC Asia 2017 · 9 Dec 2017
- Jiaozuo Open 2017 · 25 Nov 2017
- Jinan Open 2017 · 18 Nov 2017
- Nanchang Open 2017 · 11 Nov 2017 — 1 personal best set
- Nanjing Autumn 2017 · 4 Nov 2017 — 1 personal best set
- Taiyuan Autumn 2017 · 15 Oct 2017
- XPU Open 2017 · 14 Oct 2017
- Hefei Open 2017 · 5 Oct 2017
- Yangzhou Open 2017 · 20 Aug 2017
- Wuxi Open 2017 · 5 Aug 2017 — 1 personal best set
- China Championship 2017 · 28 Jul 2017
- Beijing Open 2017 · 24 Jun 2017 — 1 personal best set
- Chaozhou Open 2017 · 18 Jun 2017 — 1 personal best set
- Fuzhou Open 2017 · 28 May 2017 — 4 personal bests set
- Wuhan NxN Open 2017 · 20 May 2017
- Taiyuan Open 2017 · 7 May 2017 — 1 personal best set
- Chengdu Open 2017 · 29 Apr 2017
- Lanzhou Spring 2017 · 22 Apr 2017
- Nanchang Spring 2017 · 15 Apr 2017 — 2 personal bests set
- Xi'an Cherry Blossom 2017 · 2 Apr 2017 — 2 personal bests set
- ZUA Open 2017 · 25 Mar 2017 — 1 personal best set
- Wuhan Chuyun Spring 2017 · 19 Mar 2017 — 1 personal best set
- Xi'an New Year 2017 · 2 Jan 2017
- Weifang Winter 2016 · 11 Dec 2016
- FMC Asia 2016 · 10 Dec 2016
- XJTU Open 2016 · 27 Nov 2016
- Taiyuan Winter Open 2016 · 20 Nov 2016 — 1 personal best set
- Tianjin Open 2016 · 12 Nov 2016 — 1 personal best set
- Wuhan Open 2016 · 6 Nov 2016 — 2 personal bests set
- Asian Championship 2016 · 1 Oct 2016 — 2 personal bests set
- Yangzhou Open 2016 · 17 Aug 2016
- Xi'an Open 2016 · 13 Aug 2016
- Xining Summer Open 2016 · 31 Jul 2016 — 2 personal bests set
- Chongqing Open 2016 · 16 Jul 2016 — 2 personal bests set
- Cube of Odd Numbers 2016 · 18 Jun 2016
- Xi'an Summer 2016 · 8 May 2016 — 1 personal best set
- Nanjing Spring 2016 · 30 Apr 2016 — 3 personal bests set
- Cross-strait FMC 2016 · 9 Apr 2016
- Xi'an New Year 2016 · 2 Jan 2016 — 3 personal bests set
- Xi'an Open 2015 · 29 Nov 2015
- FMC Asia 2015 · 28 Nov 2015 — 1 personal best set
- Zhenjiang Open 2015 · 7 Nov 2015 — 1 personal best set
- China Championship 2015 · 2 Oct 2015 — 5 personal bests set
- Xining Summer Open 2015 · 8 Aug 2015 — 1 personal best set
- Xi'an Summer 2015 · 17 May 2015 — 2 personal bests set
- Wuhan Open 2015 · 10 May 2015 — 3 personal bests set
- Chengdu Open 2015 · 2 May 2015
- Xi'an Cherry Blossom 2015 · 4 Apr 2015 — 2 personal bests set
- Xi'an New Year 2015 · 2 Jan 2015 — 5 personal bests set
- Xi'an More Coffee 2014 · 21 Dec 2014 — 4 personal bests set
- Xi'an Winter Open 2014 · 7 Dec 2014 — 1 personal best set
- Cross-strait FMC 2014 · 22 Nov 2014
- BUAA Open 2014 · 16 Nov 2014 — 1 personal best set
- Yangling Open 2014 · 8 Nov 2014 — 1 personal best set
- Chongqing Open 2014 · 9 Aug 2014 — 5 personal bests set
- Chengdu Open 2014 · 2 May 2014 — 6 personal bests set
- Xi'an Cherry Blossom 2014 · 13 Apr 2014 — 6 personal bests set
- Xi'an Winter 2013 · 8 Dec 2013 — 2 personal bests 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.
- Zijia Feng (冯子甲) — met in 341 rounds, finished ahead 219 times · head to head
- Jiayu Wang (王佳宇) — met in 243 rounds, finished ahead 74 times
- Baiqiang Dong (董百强) — met in 222 rounds, finished ahead 203 times
Next targets
- A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 0.45 away.
- A sub-25 4×4 single — 588 people have one; it is 1.50 away.
Targets move as he improves.