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Can Wang (王灿)

Skewb · top 8.6% of 73,281 all-time · competing since May 2017 · 2017WANG57

Can Wang (王灿) has been competing for 9 years. His best event is the Skewb: a personal-best single of 3.65, set at Dalian Open 2018, puts him in the top 8.6% of the 73,281 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 495th in China. Until February 2014, no official Skewb solve in the world had been that fast. Across 3 competitions since May 2017, he has put 87 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one, an early reading from 6 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 16.36 in May 2017 to 13.64, a 17% improvement. Can has entered three competitions, more competitions than 69% of everyone who has ever competed.

Skewb
best event — top 8.6% of 73,281 all-time
3.65
signature single · Dalian Open 2018
87
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChina
Skewb3.658.39
top 8.6%495 / 5,004
3×313.6415.37
top 19.7%7,655 / 28,153
4×449.161:00.58
top 23.7%2,519 / 5,926
Pyraminx6.5813.40
top 24.5%2,778 / 10,224
2×23.854.97
top 24.6%4,130 / 15,796
5×52:22.10
early days — 2 solves2,419 / 2,816
3×3 one-handed45.14
early days — 1 solve5,400 / 5,922

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

Shenyang Spring 2017: 16.36Dalian Winter 2017: 13.78Dalian Open 2018: 13.6413.6416.3613 May 201727 May 2018

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-3 Skewb single — 3,646 people have one; it is 0.65 away.
  • A sub-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 1.64 away.

Targets move as he improves.