People · United States
Eric Wu (吴典皓)
3×3 · top 8.1% of 284,439 all-time · competing since May 2016 · 2016WUDI01
Eric Wu (吴典皓) has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 10.23, set at Hudson Valley Fall 2017, puts him in the top 8.1% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 4,477th in the United States. Until May 2007, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 18 competitions since May 2016, he has put 255 official solves on the record across ten events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 70% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 13.13 in May 2016 to 10.23, a 22% improvement. Eric has entered 18 competitions, more competitions than 96% 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 | 10.23 | 12.29 | top 8.1% | 4,477 / 59,724 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 15.45 | 18.31 | top 9.1% | 1,204 / 15,683 | |
| 3×3 blindfolded | 1:01.64 | 1:10.00 | top 13.6% | 255 / 2,092 | |
| 4×4 | 46.00 | 52.91 | top 19.6% | 2,972 / 19,072 | |
| 3×3 Fewest Moves | 33 moves | 43.33 | top 23.4% | 507 / 2,040 | |
| 2×2 | 4.26 | 6.38 | top 29.8% | 11,839 / 40,951 | |
| 3×3 Multi-Blind | 6 of 6 cubes · 40:59 | — | top 30.9% | 230 / 731 | |
| 4×4 blindfolded | 9:10.72 | — | top 52.8% | 222 / 440 | |
| 5×5 blindfolded | 18:20.00 | — | early days — 3 solves | 118 / 218 | |
| 5×5 | 2:09.00 | 2:21.70 | top 54.8% | 4,632 / 9,401 |
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
- 5 Nov 2017Three personal bests in one day at Hudson Valley Fall 2017.
- 7 Oct 2017Four personal bests in one day at Maryland 2017.
- 8 May 2016First competition: Xi'an Summer 2016. A 13.13 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- SCU IV: Don't Be Blinded by the Solstice 2026 · 20 Jun 2026
- WCC Western PBQ Championship - Santa Clara 2026 · 25 Apr 2026
- Huntington Park Winter 2025 · 6 Dec 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- SCU II: Double-Scoop of FMC 2025 · 17 Aug 2025
- Long Beach Fantastic Memory Challenge 2025 · 13 Jul 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- UCLA Spring 2025 · 20 Apr 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Berkeley Spring 2025 · 2 Mar 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Bay Area Slowcubin' 2025 · 22 Feb 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Berkeley Winter 2025 · 8 Feb 2025
- WCC Western Championship 2022 · 7 Oct 2022
- Princeton Fall 2018 · 29 Sep 2018 — 1 personal best set
- Lower Moreland Spring 2018 · 12 May 2018 — 2 personal bests set
- Incredible Pencil Mania 2018 · 10 Feb 2018 — 2 personal bests set
- Hudson Valley Fall 2017 · 5 Nov 2017 — 3 personal bests set
- Maryland 2017 · 7 Oct 2017 — 4 personal bests set
- GDSY Open 2017 · 26 Mar 2017
- Tianjin Open 2016 · 12 Nov 2016 — 1 personal best set
- Xi'an Summer 2016 · 8 May 2016
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.
- Seungmin Hong (홍승민) — met in 25 rounds, finished ahead 9 times
- Luigi Soriano — met in 22 rounds, finished ahead 6 times
- Ishaan Lal — met in 21 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
Next targets
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 0.23 away.
- A sub-15 3×3 one-handed single — 5,987 people have one; it is 0.45 away.
Targets move as he improves.