People · China
Chao Wei (卫超)
3×3 · top 9.7% of 288,433 all-time · competing since October 2017 · 2017WEIC03
Chao Wei (卫超) has been competing for 9 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 10.72, set at Chengdu Spring Open 2025, puts him in the top 9.7% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 3,854th in China. Until August 2006, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 6 competitions since October 2017, he has put 151 official solves on the record across ten events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, an early reading from 9 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 12.01 in October 2017 to 10.72, an 11% improvement. Chao has entered six competitions, more competitions than 86% 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 | 10.72 | 12.59 | top 9.7% | 3,854 / 28,499 | |
| Skewb | 4.27 | 7.21 | top 12.9% | 791 / 5,030 | |
| Pyraminx | 5.24 | 7.62 | top 14.7% | 1,760 / 10,269 | |
| 4×4 | 46.93 | 50.85 | top 20.8% | 2,274 / 5,999 | |
| 5×5 | 1:25.40 | 1:28.63 | top 23.8% | 1,150 / 2,857 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 21.30 | 26.21 | top 24.1% | 2,421 / 5,994 | |
| 2×2 | 3.99 | 4.46 | top 26.4% | 4,504 / 15,939 | |
| Clock | 10.41 | 14.77 | top 27.0% | 647 / 1,887 | |
| 6×6 | 2:48.53 | 3:02.48 | top 35.3% | 743 / 1,363 | |
| 7×7 | 4:13.38 | 4:25.87 | top 35.6% | 696 / 1,274 |
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
- 8 Feb 2025Eight personal bests in one day at Chengdu Spring Open 2025.
- 7 Jul 2019Four personal bests in one day at Linfen Open 2019.
- 15 Oct 2017First competition: Taiyuan Autumn 2017. A 15.21 3×3 single to start from.
- 15 Oct 2017First sub-15 3×3: 12.01 at Taiyuan Autumn 2017.
Competitions
- Ulanqab Big Cubes 2026 · 29 Aug 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Zhengzhou Summer I 2025 · 23 Aug 2025
- Chengdu Spring Open 2025 · 8 Feb 2025 — 8 personal bests set
- Linfen Open 2019 · 7 Jul 2019 — 4 personal bests set
- Linfen Open 2018 · 8 Jul 2018 — 2 personal bests set
- Taiyuan Autumn 2017 · 15 Oct 2017 — 1 personal best 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.
- Xinyu Li (李欣宇) — met in 22 rounds, finished ahead once
- Di Lu (卢迪) — met in 17 rounds, finished ahead 5 times
- Zhenyu Wang (王振宇) — met in 17 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,606 people have one; it is 0.72 away.
- A sub-4 Skewb single — 8,121 people have one; it is 0.27 away.
Targets move as he improves.