People · Australia
James Wang
3×3 · top 8.3% of 288,433 all-time · competing since March 2024 · 2024WANG19
James Wang has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 10.28, set at Tramsheds VI: Winter Sunday 2025, puts him in the top 8.3% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 763rd in Australia. Until May 2007, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 12 competitions since March 2024, he has put 193 official solves on the record across twelve events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one; 87% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. That figure sets aside his 11 DNFs. His 3×3 best has come down from 19.03 in March 2024 to 10.28, a 46% improvement. James has entered twelve competitions, more competitions than 94% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Australia | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 10.28 | 13.08 | top 8.3% | 763 / 11,943 | |
| Pyraminx | 4.92 | 6.87 | top 12.7% | 604 / 6,109 | |
| Clock | 8.97 | 11.05 | top 19.7% | 236 / 1,159 | |
| 2×2 | 3.73 | 4.69 | top 23.2% | 1,807 / 8,727 | |
| Megaminx | 1:29.45 | 1:32.81 | top 28.0% | 353 / 1,313 | |
| 4×4 | 55.32 | 59.87 | top 31.2% | 824 / 3,108 | |
| 5×5 | 1:45.26 | 1:56.14 | top 39.4% | 542 / 1,412 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 29.15 | 37.99 | top 44.8% | 1,047 / 2,685 | |
| Skewb | 8.54 | 10.31 | top 45.4% | 1,439 / 3,589 | |
| Square-1 | 36.63 | 49.97 | top 60.8% | 606 / 920 | |
| 6×6 | 3:47.97 | 3:55.29 | early days — 3 solves | 391 / 667 | |
| 7×7 | 6:06.67 | 6:49.22 | early days — 3 solves | 339 / 540 |
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
- 24 Aug 2025Three personal bests in one day at Tramsheds VI: Winter Sunday 2025.
- 23 Nov 2024Five personal bests in one day at Maitland Spring 2024.
- 10 Aug 2024First sub-15 3×3: 13.45 at Puzzling Parramatta 2024.
- 2 Mar 2024First competition: Tramsheds I: Newcomer Saturday 2024. A 20.02 3×3 single to start from.
- 2 Mar 2024First sub-20 3×3: 19.03 at Tramsheds I: Newcomer Saturday 2024.
Competitions
- Take Your Time Sydney 2025 · 11 Oct 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Cammeray Clock Clash 2025 · 27 Sep 2025
- Tramsheds VI: Winter Sunday 2025 · 24 Aug 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- NSW Side State Championship 2025 · 31 May 2025
- Tramsheds V: Autumn Saturday 2025 · 17 May 2025
- NSW State Championship 2025 · 26 Apr 2025
- Odd Sides in Sydney 2024 · 7 Dec 2024
- Maitland Spring 2024 · 23 Nov 2024 — 5 personal bests set
- Sydney Spring Sunday 2024 · 17 Nov 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Take Your Time Sydney 2024 · 12 Oct 2024
- Puzzling Parramatta 2024 · 10 Aug 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Tramsheds I: Newcomer Saturday 2024 · 2 Mar 2024 — 2 personal bests 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.
- Miles Irwin — met in 52 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
- Emerson Owen — met in 51 rounds, finished ahead 19 times
- James Kirschner — met in 51 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,606 people have one; it is 0.28 away.
- A sub-4 Pyraminx single — 10,050 people have one; it is 0.92 away.
Targets move as he improves.