People · United States
Eric Wang
Square-1 · top 0.89% of 25,272 all-time · competing since February 2019 · 2019WANG16
Eric Wang has been competing for 8 years. His best event is the Square-1: a personal-best single of 6.17, set at Mid-Atlantic Speedcubing Championship 2026, puts him in the top 0.89% of the 25,272 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 73rd in the United States. Until May 2017, no official Square-1 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 5 competitions since February 2019, he has put 159 official solves on the record across eight events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 17% around a typical one; 95% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 10.91 in February 2019 to 7.28, a 33% improvement. Eric has entered five competitions, more competitions than 83% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Square-1 | 6.17 | 8.70 | top 0.89% | 73 / 6,743 | |
| 4×4 | 26.19 | 34.91 | top 1.0% | 177 / 19,072 | |
| 3×3 | 7.28 | 8.30 | top 1.7% | 1,009 / 59,724 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 14.48 | 20.37 | top 7.0% | 944 / 15,683 | |
| Skewb | 3.75 | 7.96 | top 9.2% | 1,422 / 18,907 | |
| 5×5 | 1:07.19 | 1:11.00 | top 9.8% | 764 / 9,401 | |
| 2×2 | 2.95 | 3.57 | top 13.7% | 5,371 / 40,951 | |
| Pyraminx | 12.89 | 13.92 | top 72.3% | 21,423 / 28,708 |
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
- 14 Aug 2026Five personal bests in one day at Mid-Atlantic Speedcubing Championship 2026.
- 27 Sep 2025Five personal bests in one day at Slow N Steady UMD Fall 2025.
- 23 Feb 2020Four personal bests in one day at Slow N Steady Winter 2020.
- 11 Jan 2020First sub-10 3×3: 9.48 at Potomac Speedcubing 2020.
- 11 Jan 2020Three personal bests in one day at Potomac Speedcubing 2020.
- 16 Feb 2019First competition: CubingUSA Northeast Championship 2019. A 10.91 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Mid-Atlantic Speedcubing Championship 2026 · 14 Aug 2026 — 5 personal bests set
- Slow N Steady UMD Fall 2025 · 27 Sep 2025 — 5 personal bests set
- Slow N Steady Winter 2020 · 23 Feb 2020 — 4 personal bests set
- Potomac Speedcubing 2020 · 11 Jan 2020 — 3 personal bests set
- CubingUSA Northeast Championship 2019 · 16 Feb 2019
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.
- Hassan Khanani — met in 33 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
- Michael Nielsen — met in 27 rounds, finished ahead twice
- Daniel Greigg — met in 26 rounds, finished ahead 6 times
Next targets
- A sub-6 Square-1 single — 201 people have one; it is 0.17 away.
- A sub-25 4×4 single — 588 people have one; it is 1.19 away.
Targets move as he improves.