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Heng Wu (吴桁)

3×3 · top 3.7% of 284,439 all-time · competing since August 2016 · 2016WUHE01

Heng Wu (吴桁) has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.48, set at Foshan Open 2026, puts him in the top 3.7% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,395th in China. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 32 competitions since August 2016, he has put 447 official solves on the record across 14 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 15.35 in August 2016 to 8.48, a 45% improvement. Heng has entered 32 competitions, more competitions than 98% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 3.7% of 284,439 all-time
8.48
signature single · Foshan Open 2026
447
official solves on the record
17%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 95% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChina
3×38.489.99
top 3.7%1,395 / 28,153
3×3 one-handed13.8316.52
top 5.8%550 / 5,922
Pyraminx3.616.77
top 5.9%702 / 10,224
4×436.7640.26
top 8.4%867 / 5,926
Clock6.337.62
top 8.5%179 / 1,843
Megaminx1:07.071:14.29
top 14.0%404 / 1,678
2×23.104.68
top 15.4%2,453 / 15,796
5×51:18.881:24.77
top 18.2%876 / 2,816
Square-117.6523.75
top 22.5%363 / 1,362
Skewb6.337.41
top 28.4%1,750 / 5,004
3×3 Fewest Moves35 moves41.33
top 30.0%322 / 1,058
7×74:01.844:07.35
top 31.4%611 / 1,261
3×3 blindfolded2:16.203:18.39
top 38.7%566 / 1,183
6×62:57.493:12.36
early days — 3 solves802 / 1,349

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

Shantou Open 2016: 15.35Chaozhou Open 2017: 11.40Shenzhen Open 2018: 11.66Maoming Open 2018: 9.61Shenzhen Nanshan 2018: 10.01Jieyang Winter 2019: 10.72Shenzhen 3x3 Days 2019: 10.34Jieyang Open 2019: 11.68Zhongshan NxN Speedcubing 2019: 12.86Jieyang Winter 2020: 9.58Jieyang Good Afternoon 2021: 10.80Guangzhou Panyu Afternoon 2021: 9.01Shenzhen Nanshan Afternoon 2021: 10.31Huizhou 10th Anniversary 2024: 11.57Shenzhen Open 2024: 8.59Zhuhai Open 2025: 10.10Guangdong Open - Revival & Rival 2026: 9.41Foshan Open 2026: 8.48Zhangzhou Open 2026: 9.578.4815.357 Aug 201627 Jun 2026

Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.

The story so far

Competitions

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.

Next targets

  • A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.48 away.
  • A sub-12 3×3 one-handed single — 2,187 people have one; it is 1.83 away.

Targets move as he improves.