People · United States
James Wang
3×3 · top 6.8% of 284,439 all-time · competing since July 2022 · 2022WANG33
James Wang has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 9.76, set at Lexington Weeknights II 2024, puts him in the top 6.8% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 3,719th in the United States. Until November 2007, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 9 competitions since July 2022, he has put 247 official solves on the record across 13 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, steadier than 61% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 13.22 in July 2022 to 9.76, a 26% improvement. James has entered nine competitions, more competitions than 91% 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 | 9.76 | 11.52 | top 6.8% | 3,719 / 59,724 | |
| Pyraminx | 3.88 | 6.38 | top 7.1% | 1,803 / 28,708 | |
| 4×4 | 44.56 | 50.92 | top 17.7% | 2,692 / 19,072 | |
| Skewb | 5.00 | 8.85 | top 18.1% | 2,872 / 18,907 | |
| 5×5 | 1:19.77 | 1:28.63 | top 18.9% | 1,474 / 9,401 | |
| 2×2 | 4.24 | 5.21 | top 29.6% | 11,738 / 40,951 | |
| Clock | 10.91 | 15.80 | top 29.7% | 2,315 / 8,927 | |
| Megaminx | 1:45.14 | 1:55.08 | top 37.6% | 2,710 / 7,841 | |
| Square-1 | 27.81 | 35.20 | top 45.2% | 2,943 / 6,743 | |
| 6×6 | 3:12.78 | 3:33.32 | top 47.1% | 1,764 / 4,196 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 30.88 | 38.05 | top 48.6% | 6,662 / 15,683 | |
| 3×3 blindfolded | 3:34.31 | — | early days — 2 solves | 1,298 / 2,092 | |
| 7×7 | 5:43.43 | — | early days — 2 solves | 1,913 / 3,184 |
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
- 1 Jul 2024First sub-10 3×3: 9.76 at Lexington Weeknights II 2024.
- 11 Jun 2023Four personal bests in one day at Cubehenge 2023.
- 27 May 2023Three personal bests in one day at New Hampshire Spring 2023.
- 10 Sep 2022Three personal bests in one day at Amherst Open 2022.
- 23 Jul 2022First competition: Granite State 2022. A 13.69 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Amherst Fall 2024 · 23 Nov 2024
- Big and Blind North Andover 2024 · 13 Jul 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Lexington Weeknights II 2024 · 1 Jul 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- An Afternoon in Cambridge 2024 · 1 Jun 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- CubingUSA New England Championship 2023 · 7 Oct 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Cubehenge 2023 · 11 Jun 2023 — 4 personal bests set
- New Hampshire Spring 2023 · 27 May 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- Amherst Open 2022 · 10 Sep 2022 — 3 personal bests set
- Granite State 2022 · 23 Jul 2022 — 1 personal best set
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.
- Saisabari Ramesh — met in 52 rounds, finished ahead 14 times
- Tommy Szeliga — met in 52 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
- Will Russo — met in 51 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.76 away.
- A sub-3 Pyraminx single — 4,700 people have one; it is 0.88 away.
Targets move as he improves.