People · United States
George Wu (吴尚儒)
3×3 · top 1.3% of 288,433 all-time · competing since September 2014 · 2014WUGE01
George Wu (吴尚儒) has been competing for 12 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 6.96, set at ZUA Open 2017, puts him in the top 1.3% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 812th in the United States. Until November 2010, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 16 competitions since September 2014, he has put 516 official solves on the record across nine events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 63% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 19.51 in September 2014 to 6.96, a 64% improvement. George has entered 16 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 | 6.96 | 9.23 | top 1.3% | 812 / 60,666 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 15.57 | 20.51 | top 9.3% | 1,255 / 15,900 | |
| 2×2 | 2.54 | 3.98 | top 9.4% | 3,736 / 41,674 | |
| 5×5 | 1:12.06 | 1:17.40 | top 13.2% | 1,033 / 9,537 | |
| 4×4 | 42.07 | 46.38 | top 14.7% | 2,224 / 19,354 | |
| Pyraminx | 7.02 | 10.53 | top 28.1% | 7,825 / 29,168 | |
| 6×6 | 3:21.51 | 3:41.22 | top 51.3% | 1,954 / 4,262 | |
| 7×7 | 5:21.56 | — | early days — 2 solves | 1,731 / 3,236 | |
| Square-1 | 49.04 | — | early days — 2 solves | 5,038 / 6,846 |
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
- 29 Jul 2022Three personal bests in one day at CubingUSA Southeast Championship 2022.
- 1 Oct 2016Seven personal bests in one day at Asian Championship 2016.
- 29 Jul 2016First sub-10 3×3: 9.68 at US Nationals 2016.
- 29 Jul 2016Five personal bests in one day at US Nationals 2016.
- 24 Oct 2015Three personal bests in one day at Beijing Open 2015.
- 2 Oct 2015Three personal bests in one day at China Championship 2015.
Competitions
- Penn Cube Day Fall 2026 · 10 Oct 2026
- GA Cuber Jackets Fall 2025 · 19 Oct 2025
- East Cobb Summer 2025 · 16 Aug 2025
- CubingUSA Southeast Championship 2022 · 29 Jul 2022 — 3 personal bests set
- Beijing Summer 2019 · 7 Jun 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- Beijing Winter 2018 · 31 Dec 2018
- Beijing Open 2018 · 30 Apr 2018 — 1 personal best set
- World Rubik's Cube Championship 2017 · 13 Jul 2017
- ZUA Open 2017 · 25 Mar 2017 — 1 personal best set
- Asian Championship 2016 · 1 Oct 2016 — 7 personal bests set
- US Nationals 2016 · 29 Jul 2016 — 5 personal bests set
- Beijing Open 2015 · 24 Oct 2015 — 3 personal bests set
- China Championship 2015 · 2 Oct 2015 — 3 personal bests set
- US Nationals 2015 · 31 Jul 2015 — 3 personal bests set
- BUAA Open 2014 · 16 Nov 2014
- Beijing Autumn 2014 · 13 Sep 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.
- Jiayu Wang (王佳宇) — met in 40 rounds, finished ahead twice
- Sheng Cao (曹晟) — met in 36 rounds, finished ahead twice
- Nicolás Sánchez — met in 34 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
Next targets
- A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,419 people have one; it is 0.96 away.
- A sub-15 3×3 one-handed single — 6,118 people have one; it is 0.57 away.
Targets move as he improves.