People · United States
Elaine Wang
3×3 · top 4.7% of 284,439 all-time · competing since August 2017 · 2017WANE01
Elaine Wang has been competing for 9 years. Her best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.93, set at West Branch Summer 2019, puts her in the top 4.7% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 2,630th in the United States. Until May 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 10 competitions since August 2017, she has put 263 official solves on the record across eight events. Solve to solve, her 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, steadier than 87% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. Her 3×3 best has come down from 16.62 in August 2017 to 8.93, a 46% improvement. Elaine has entered ten competitions, more competitions than 92% 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 | 8.93 | 10.85 | top 4.7% | 2,630 / 59,724 | |
| 2×2 | 2.69 | 4.22 | top 10.8% | 4,258 / 40,951 | |
| Megaminx | 1:04.06 | 1:11.23 | top 12.1% | 825 / 7,841 | |
| 4×4 | 40.62 | 47.89 | top 12.8% | 1,899 / 19,072 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 18.82 | 20.56 | top 17.3% | 2,239 / 15,683 | |
| Pyraminx | 8.02 | 13.24 | top 36.3% | 10,288 / 28,708 | |
| Skewb | 7.82 | 9.11 | top 39.9% | 6,882 / 18,907 | |
| Square-1 | 26.76 | 36.88 | top 42.9% | 2,787 / 6,743 |
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
- 13 Jul 2019First sub-10 3×3: 9.13 at West Branch Summer 2019.
- 13 Jul 2019Four personal bests in one day at West Branch Summer 2019.
- 29 Jul 2018Three personal bests in one day at Beijing Summer 2018.
- 14 Apr 2018Three personal bests in one day at CubeIowa 2018.
- 9 Dec 2017First sub-15 3×3: 12.10 at North Iowa 2017.
- 9 Dec 2017Five personal bests in one day at North Iowa 2017.
Competitions
- The Battle of Concord 2024 · 2 Mar 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Race the Clock Minnesota 2023 · 30 Dec 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Central Square Trifecta 2023 · 16 Dec 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Brookline Favorites 2023 · 3 Sep 2023 — 1 personal best set
- West Branch Summer 2019 · 13 Jul 2019 — 4 personal bests set
- Beijing Summer 2018 · 29 Jul 2018 — 3 personal bests set
- CubeIowa 2018 · 14 Apr 2018 — 3 personal bests set
- North Iowa 2017 · 9 Dec 2017 — 5 personal bests set
- September Speedcubing 2017 · 9 Sep 2017 — 2 personal bests set
- Heartland Championships 2017 · 5 Aug 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 her.
- Cale Schoon — met in 31 rounds, finished ahead twice
- Walker Welch — met in 31 rounds, never finished ahead
- Marcus Kane — met in 27 rounds, finished ahead 22 times
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.93 away.
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.69 away.
Targets move as she improves.