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John Wanger II

3×3 · top 0.24% of 284,439 all-time · competing since July 2022 · 2022WANG39

John Wanger II has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 5.49, set at DFW Cubing Winter 2026, puts him in the top 0.24% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 166th in the United States. Until April 2015, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 57 competitions since July 2022, he has put 3,409 official solves on the record across 16 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one; 57% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 21.15 in August 2022 to 5.49, a 74% improvement. John has entered 57 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 0.24% of 284,439 all-time
5.49
signature single · DFW Cubing Winter 2026
3,409
official solves on the record
13%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 57% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×35.498.17
top 0.24%166 / 59,724
Pyraminx1.372.46
top 0.29%100 / 28,708
2×21.121.68
top 0.82%340 / 40,951
3×3 one-handed11.5814.65
top 2.5%397 / 15,683
Skewb2.394.01
top 2.5%369 / 18,907
4×430.5733.98
top 3.2%513 / 19,072
5×554.7559.74
top 3.3%272 / 9,401
Clock4.816.48
top 4.0%324 / 8,927
Megaminx48.7055.55
top 4.5%323 / 7,841
6×61:44.561:54.81
top 5.3%181 / 4,196
Square-110.4813.62
top 7.0%509 / 6,743
7×72:50.712:59.59
top 8.1%218 / 3,184
3×3 Fewest Moves28 moves32.67
top 9.9%229 / 2,040
3×3 blindfolded1:24.832:50.14
top 21.3%434 / 2,092
3×3 Multi-Blind5 of 7 cubes · 51:17—
early days — 2 solves460 / 731
4×4 blindfolded20:12.00—
early days — 1 solve387 / 440

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

DFW Cubing Summer 2022: 21.15Texas BarbeCubing 2022: 20.68Cube More in Ardmore 2022: 20.96DFW Cubing Fall 2022: 17.57Texarkana Winter 2022: 19.13Cube With Intention in Denton 2022: 20.78DFW Cubing Winter 2023: 15.15Solving in Shreveport 2023: 17.26Houston Spring Side Events 2023: 12.21DFW Spring Warmup 2023: 12.00DFW Cubing Spring 2023: 12.50MYHM Puzzling in Plano 2023: 12.17CubingUSA Southern Championship 2023: 11.10DFW Cubing Summer 2023: 13.03CubingUSA Nationals 2023: 15.64Pretzel Mania Dallas 2023: 12.19Cube With Attention in Denton 2023: 12.31Longhorn Cube Day 2023: 11.40Texas Championship 2023: 10.28DFW Cubing Fall 2023: 11.73DFW Cubing Winter 2024: 10.38DFW Megacomp 2024: 10.40DFW Eclipse Cubing 2024: 9.41DFW Cubing Spring 2024: 10.18Don't Pop Austin 2024: 10.64DFW Cubing Summer 2024: 9.85Rubik's WCA North American Championship 2024: 8.67CubingUSA Southern Championship 2024: 8.82Cube More in Ardmore 2024: 9.35Texas Championship 2024: 7.69Cube a Ton in Arlington 2024: 9.61DFW Cubing Winter 2025: 8.31The Heart of Texas 2025: 8.30Cubing Simple in Temple 2025: 8.75DFW Cubing Spring 2025: 9.60Oklahoma Championship 2025: 7.99DFW Qualifier 2025: 7.99DFW Cubing Summer 2025: 8.10Rubik's WCA World Championship 2025: 7.01DFW Back to School 2025: 8.06DFW Cubing Fall 2025: 6.94Lawton OKtoberfest 2025: 7.83Texas Championship 2025: 8.42DFW Cubing Winter 2026: 5.49DFW Cubing Spring 2026: 7.39Abilene Spring 2026: 7.16Oklahoma Championship 2026: 7.53GAN Southern Championship 2026: 8.01Rubik's WCA North American Championship 2026: 7.96DFW Cubing Summer 2026: 6.145.4921.1514 Aug 202229 Aug 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-5 3×3 single — 344 people have one; it is 0.49 away.
  • A sub-1 Pyraminx single — 49 people have one; it is 0.37 away.

Targets move as he improves.