People · Canada
James Wang
3×3 · top 1.6% of 284,439 all-time · competing since August 2019 · 2019WANJ15
James Wang has been competing for 7 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 7.21, set at Ajax 3x3x3 Morning 2023, puts him in the top 1.6% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 161st in Canada. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 8 competitions since August 2019, he has put 81 official solves on the record across three events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one; 54% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 27.66 in August 2019 to 7.21, a 74% improvement. James has entered eight competitions, more competitions than 90% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 7.21 | 8.93 | top 1.6% | 161 / 10,392 | |
| 2×2 | 2.31 | 4.09 | top 7.1% | 459 / 7,173 | |
| 4×4 | 1:01.61 | — | early days — 2 solves | 1,029 / 3,118 |
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
- 26 Nov 2022First sub-10 3×3: 8.75 at Oakville Fall A 2022.
- 29 Feb 2020First sub-20 3×3: 11.15 at Leap to Barrie 2020.
- 29 Feb 2020First sub-15 3×3: 11.15 at Leap to Barrie 2020.
- 24 Aug 2019First competition: Cubing in the 6ix 2019. A 27.66 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Ontario Championship 2024 · 9 Aug 2024
- Pickering Fall A 2023 · 21 Oct 2023
- Appleby Fall A 2023 · 23 Sep 2023
- Ajax 3x3x3 Morning 2023 · 26 Aug 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Oakville Fall A 2022 · 26 Nov 2022 — 1 personal best set
- Rubik's WCA North American Championship 2022 · 7 Jul 2022 — 1 personal best set
- Leap to Barrie 2020 · 29 Feb 2020 — 1 personal best set
- Cubing in the 6ix 2019 · 24 Aug 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.
- Roan Paone — met in 15 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
- Tin Huang — met in 13 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
- Ramanishanirudh Nandagopal Prabhu — met in 12 rounds, finished ahead 12 times
Next targets
- A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 1.21 away.
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.31 away.
Targets move as he improves.