People · China
Cong Wen (文聪)
Square-1 · top 3.6% of 25,272 all-time · competing since May 2014 · 2014WENC01
Cong Wen (文聪) has been competing for 12 years. His best event is the Square-1: a personal-best single of 8.41, set at Hangzhou Open 2019, puts him in the top 3.6% of the 25,272 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 44th in China. Until November 2013, no official Square-1 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 14 competitions since May 2014, he has put 262 official solves on the record across ten events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, steadier than 91% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 13.53 in May 2014 to 9.84, a 27% improvement. Cong 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Square-1 | 8.41 | 10.75 | top 3.6% | 44 / 1,362 | |
| 3×3 | 9.84 | 11.89 | top 7.0% | 2,728 / 28,153 | |
| Pyraminx | 4.20 | 8.78 | top 8.7% | 1,043 / 10,224 | |
| 4×4 | 42.32 | 46.53 | top 14.9% | 1,609 / 5,926 | |
| 2×2 | 3.07 | 3.83 | top 15.1% | 2,390 / 15,796 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 20.75 | 22.91 | top 22.6% | 2,247 / 5,922 | |
| Megaminx | 1:29.06 | 1:38.85 | top 27.6% | 841 / 1,678 | |
| 5×5 | 1:38.62 | 1:46.34 | top 34.3% | 1,549 / 2,816 | |
| Clock | 12.44 | 16.48 | top 37.1% | 887 / 1,843 | |
| Skewb | 11.22 | 16.91 | top 62.0% | 3,362 / 5,004 |
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
- 22 Sep 2018First sub-10 3×3: 9.84 at Dongguan Mid-Autumn Festival 2018.
- 6 Apr 2018Five personal bests in one day at Xi'an Cherry Blossom 2018.
- 1 May 2014First competition: Hefei Spring 2014. A 13.53 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- China Championship 2019 · 26 Jul 2019
- Hangzhou Open 2019 · 18 May 2019 — 1 personal best set
- SJTU Winter Open 2018 · 30 Dec 2018
- Nanjing Autumn 2018 · 17 Nov 2018 — 2 personal bests set
- Hangzhou Open 2018 · 10 Nov 2018 — 2 personal bests set
- Ningbo Open 2018 · 13 Oct 2018 — 2 personal bests set
- Dongguan Mid-Autumn Festival 2018 · 22 Sep 2018 — 2 personal bests set
- West Coast Cubing Tour - Cupertino 2018 · 15 Jul 2018 — 1 personal best set
- Shanghai Love in ECNU 2018 · 19 May 2018 — 2 personal bests set
- Xi'an Cherry Blossom 2018 · 6 Apr 2018 — 5 personal bests set
- Shanghai Winter 2018 · 20 Jan 2018 — 1 personal best set
- Shanghai Love In ECNU 2017 · 20 May 2017 — 2 personal bests set
- Shanghai Spring 2017 · 18 Mar 2017 — 1 personal best set
- Hefei Spring 2014 · 1 May 2014
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.
- Yunqi Ouyang (欧阳韵奇) — met in 31 rounds, finished ahead 9 times
- Boxi Chen (陈博希) — met in 24 rounds, finished ahead 8 times
- Xiaojie Jiang (蒋孝杰) — met in 22 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
Next targets
- A sub-8 Square-1 single — 766 people have one; it is 0.41 away.
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.84 away.
Targets move as he improves.