People · United States
Cato Wang
3×3 · top 4.3% of 284,439 all-time · competing since June 2015 · 2015WANG48
Cato Wang has been competing for 11 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.77, set at CubingUSA Northeast Championship 2019, puts him in the top 4.3% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 2,420th in the United States. Until May 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 7 competitions since June 2015, he has put 51 official solves on the record across three events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one, an early reading from 7 counted rounds. That figure sets aside his 3 DNFs. His 3×3 best has come down from 14.85 in June 2015 to 8.77, a 41% improvement. Cato has entered seven competitions, more competitions than 88% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 8.77 | 12.13 | top 4.3% | 2,420 / 59,724 | |
| 2×2 | 3.14 | 6.68 | top 15.9% | 6,219 / 40,951 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 20.31 | 24.62 | top 21.3% | 2,728 / 15,683 |
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
- 7 Oct 2017First sub-10 3×3: 9.56 at Maryland 2017.
- 6 Jun 2015First competition: Slow n Steady Spring 2015. A 14.85 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- CubingUSA Nationals 2019 · 1 Aug 2019 — 1 personal best set
- CubingUSA Northeast Championship 2019 · 16 Feb 2019 — 1 personal best set
- NovaCube 2018 · 10 Mar 2018
- Maryland 2017 · 7 Oct 2017 — 1 personal best set
- River Hill Fall 2015 · 21 Nov 2015 — 1 personal best set
- Slow n Steady Fall 2015 · 26 Sep 2015 — 1 personal best set
- Slow n Steady Spring 2015 · 6 Jun 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.
- Jonathan Tilahun — met in 11 rounds, finished ahead once
- Keaton Ellis — met in 11 rounds, never finished ahead
- Sean Belke — met in 11 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.77 away.
- A sub-3 2×2 single — 26,570 people have one; it is 0.14 away.
Targets move as he improves.