Sunday 6 September 2026 Rebuilt nightly from the WCA's official results · export of 6 September 2026 · About
The Middle Three
People → China → Kangze Wang (王康泽)

People · China

Kangze Wang (王康泽)

2×2 · top 0.011% of 186,767 all-time · competing since March 2021 · 2021WANG25

Kangze Wang (王康泽) has been competing for 5 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 0.52, set at Beijing Winter 2026, puts him in the top 0.011% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 7th in China. Until March 2016, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 38 competitions since March 2021, he has put 1,836 official solves on the record across nine events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 71% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 10.58 in March 2021 to 4.51, a 57% improvement. Kangze has entered 38 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 0.011% of 186,767 all-time
0.52
signature single · Beijing Winter 2026
1,836
official solves on the record
14%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 71% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChina
2×20.522.00
top 0.011%7 / 15,796
3×34.516.21
top 0.049%34 / 28,153
3×3 one-handed7.6610.46
top 0.15%10 / 5,922
4×424.4129.22
top 0.57%54 / 5,926
Pyraminx2.464.37
top 2.1%254 / 10,224
5×51:03.261:09.50
top 7.3%352 / 2,816
Skewb4.546.38
top 14.8%908 / 5,004
Megaminx1:29.811:46.10
top 28.1%852 / 1,678
3×3 Fewest Moves36 moves—
early days — 2 solves369 / 1,058

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

Shenzhen Nanshan Afternoon 2021: 10.58Guangdong Open 2021: 8.15Yong Jun KL Speedcubing 2023: 7.45STEM Cube Open Penang 2023: 6.61Selangor Ace Cube 2023: 6.60XMUM Cube Open 2023: 6.55Kedah Cube Open 2023: 5.41IUKL SOR 2023: 5.87Penang Cube Masters 2023: 6.16Johor Mini 2023: 6.25Malaysia Cube Championship 2023: 5.25Changsha Open 2023: 6.73Shenzhen Open 2023: 6.05MYHM Singapore Championship 2024: 5.70Twist & Fries Johor Bahru 2024: 6.40USM Penang Cube 2024: 5.22Sunway Velocity Mall Open 2024: 5.42Cube Camp in Nakhon Nayok 2024: 6.54Johor Cube Open 2024: 5.14Kuala Lumpur Cubing Challenge 2024: 4.58Malaysia 15th Anniversary Championship 2024: 6.18Warm Up at gateway klia2 2024: 6.25UTP Cube Open 2024: 4.89Kedah Cube Open 2024: 5.98Rubik's WCA Asian Championship 2024: 5.64Shenzhen Open 2024: 5.97Penang Cube Masters 2024: 4.51XMUM Cube Open 2025: 5.76UoSM Cube Open SOR 2025: 5.64Xi'an Cherry Blossom 2025: 6.04Zhengzhou Zest 2025: 6.19Beijing Winter 2026: 5.70Zhuhai Pi Day 2026: 5.36Foshan Open 2026: 5.12Beihai Open 2026: 7.23Nanning Open 2026: 5.204.5110.5828 Mar 202123 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-4 3×3 single — 38 people have one; it is 0.51 away.
  • A sub-6 3×3 one-handed single — 4 people have one; it is 1.66 away.

Targets move as he improves.