People · China
Bowen Wan (万博文)
3×3 · top 6.7% of 288,433 all-time · competing since January 2018 · 2018WANB01
Bowen Wan (万博文) has been competing for 9 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 9.71, set at NEU Open 2019, puts him in the top 6.7% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 2,651st in China. Until November 2007, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 14 competitions since January 2018, he has put 473 official solves on the record across eleven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, steadier than 59% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 17.81 in January 2018 to 9.71, a 45% improvement. Bowen has entered 14 competitions, more competitions than 95% 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 | 9.71 | 13.03 | top 6.7% | 2,651 / 28,499 | |
| Pyraminx | 3.94 | 5.24 | top 7.4% | 893 / 10,269 | |
| 2×2 | 2.94 | 3.68 | top 13.6% | 2,149 / 15,939 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 17.72 | 22.88 | top 14.4% | 1,451 / 5,994 | |
| Skewb | 4.54 | 6.31 | top 14.8% | 921 / 5,030 | |
| 4×4 | 43.19 | 51.25 | top 16.1% | 1,773 / 5,999 | |
| 5×5 | 1:18.81 | 1:33.01 | top 18.3% | 902 / 2,857 | |
| Megaminx | 1:30.52 | 1:37.01 | top 28.6% | 879 / 1,693 | |
| 6×6 | 3:06.80 | 3:11.41 | top 44.3% | 872 / 1,363 | |
| 7×7 | 4:59.36 | 5:12.66 | early days — 3 solves | 895 / 1,274 | |
| Clock | 18.52 | 21.12 | top 60.4% | 1,397 / 1,887 |
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 2019First sub-10 3×3: 9.71 at NEU Open 2019.
- 6 Apr 2019Three personal bests in one day at Qinhuangdao Open 2019.
- 2 Dec 2018Four personal bests in one day at Qinhuangdao Winter 2018.
- 2 Oct 2018Four personal bests in one day at China Championship 2018.
- 5 Aug 2018Three personal bests in one day at Shenyang Summer 2018.
- 23 Jun 2018Six personal bests in one day at Shenyang Open 2018.
Competitions
- Hangzhou Open 2024 · 15 Dec 2024 — 1 personal best set
- NEU Open 2019 · 15 Dec 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- Shenyang Open 2019 · 30 Jun 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Qinhuangdao Open 2019 · 6 Apr 2019 — 3 personal bests set
- Shenyang New Year 2019 · 27 Jan 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Qinhuangdao Winter 2018 · 2 Dec 2018 — 4 personal bests set
- China Championship 2018 · 2 Oct 2018 — 4 personal bests set
- Shenyang Summer 2018 · 5 Aug 2018 — 3 personal bests set
- Cross-strait FMC 2018 · 4 Aug 2018
- Shenyang Open 2018 · 23 Jun 2018 — 6 personal bests set
- Changchun Open 2018 · 18 Jun 2018 — 2 personal bests set
- Beijing Open 2018 · 30 Apr 2018 — 3 personal bests set
- Qinhuangdao Open 2018 · 22 Apr 2018 — 4 personal bests set
- Fushun Open 2018 · 28 Jan 2018
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.
- Sheng Cao (曹晟) — met in 70 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
- Yezhen Han (韩业臻) — met in 63 rounds, finished ahead 6 times
- Shuo Zhao (赵硕) — met in 54 rounds, finished ahead 24 times
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 8,101 people have one; it is 1.71 away.
- A sub-3 Pyraminx single — 4,783 people have one; it is 0.94 away.
Targets move as he improves.