People · United States
Justin Wu
3×3 · top 18.1% of 284,439 all-time · competing since January 2016 · 2016WUJU01
Justin Wu has been competing for 11 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 13.20, set at MIT Spring 2016, puts him in the top 18.1% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 9,704th in the United States. Across 13 competitions since January 2016, he has put 302 official solves on the record across eight events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 78% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 23.99 in January 2016 to 13.20, a 45% improvement. Justin has entered 13 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 | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 13.20 | 15.89 | top 18.1% | 9,704 / 59,724 | |
| 2×2 | 3.46 | 5.23 | top 19.7% | 7,726 / 40,951 | |
| Pyraminx | 7.15 | 11.07 | top 29.1% | 8,049 / 28,708 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 25.33 | 32.55 | top 35.1% | 4,635 / 15,683 | |
| Skewb | 7.50 | 10.65 | top 37.5% | 6,398 / 18,907 | |
| 4×4 | 1:11.79 | 1:30.89 | top 48.6% | 8,125 / 19,072 | |
| 5×5 | 2:47.65 | 3:32.42 | top 73.7% | 6,542 / 9,401 | |
| Square-1 | 1:04.27 | — | early days — 3 solves | 5,795 / 6,743 |
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
- 29 Jul 2016Three personal bests in one day at US Nationals 2016.
- 25 Jun 2016Six personal bests in one day at Lexington Summer 2016.
- 30 Apr 2016First sub-15 3×3: 13.20 at MIT Spring 2016.
- 30 Apr 2016Four personal bests in one day at MIT Spring 2016.
- 20 Feb 2016First sub-20 3×3: 19.91 at Melrose Winter 2016.
- 30 Jan 2016First competition: Sharon Winter 2016. A 23.99 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Maybe Melrose Spring 2017 · 29 Apr 2017 — 1 personal best set
- Weston Spring 2017 · 1 Apr 2017 — 1 personal best set
- WPI Winter Cube Day 2017 · 26 Feb 2017 — 1 personal best set
- Phillips Exeter Cube Day 2016 · 5 Nov 2016
- Quabbin Open 2016 · 24 Sep 2016
- US Nationals 2016 · 29 Jul 2016 — 3 personal bests set
- Melrose Summer 2016 · 23 Jul 2016 — 1 personal best set
- Lexington Summer 2016 · 25 Jun 2016 — 6 personal bests set
- Northeastern Spring 2016 · 28 May 2016 — 2 personal bests set
- MIT Spring 2016 · 30 Apr 2016 — 4 personal bests set
- Weston Spring 2016 · 2 Apr 2016 — 2 personal bests set
- Melrose Winter 2016 · 20 Feb 2016 — 2 personal bests set
- Sharon Winter 2016 · 30 Jan 2016
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.
- Alex Cohen — met in 66 rounds, finished ahead 13 times
- Eric Zhao — met in 65 rounds, finished ahead 10 times
- Sam Schultz — met in 54 rounds, finished ahead 8 times
Next targets
- A sub-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 1.20 away.
- A sub-3 2×2 single — 26,570 people have one; it is 0.46 away.
Targets move as he improves.