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Kangjie Wang (王康杰)

2×2 · top 0.75% of 186,767 all-time · competing since October 2024 · 2024WANK04

Kangjie Wang (王康杰) has been competing for a year. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.09, set at Xi'an Cherry Blossom 2026, puts him in the top 0.75% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 77th in China. Until November 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 5 competitions since October 2024, he has put 134 official solves on the record across four events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, an early reading from 7 counted rounds. His 2×2 best has come down from 2.83 in October 2024 to 1.09, a 61% improvement. Kangjie has entered five competitions, more competitions than 83% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 0.75% of 186,767 all-time
1.09
signature single · Xi'an Cherry Blossom 2026
134
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChina
2×21.092.12
top 0.75%77 / 15,796
3×3 one-handed11.3313.95
top 2.2%183 / 5,922
3×38.2010.24
top 3.1%1,159 / 28,153
4×435.7239.80
top 7.4%749 / 5,926

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

Guilin Open 2024: 2.83Jiangmen Open 2025: 2.25Guilin Open 2025: 1.63Guangzhou Small Cubes 2025: 1.49Xi'an Cherry Blossom 2026: 1.091.092.8320 Oct 20244 Apr 2026

Best single per competition, 2×2. 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-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.09 away.
  • A sub-10 3×3 one-handed single — 779 people have one; it is 1.33 away.

Targets move as he improves.