People · China
Kevin Wu
3×3 · top 5.7% of 284,439 all-time · competing since May 2023 · 2023WUKE01
Kevin Wu has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 9.36, set at Canada's Best in the West 2024, puts him in the top 5.7% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 2,214th in China. Until February 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 5 competitions since May 2023, he has put 125 official solves on the record across five events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 10% around a typical one, steadier than 94% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 15.66 in May 2023 to 9.36, a 40% improvement. Kevin has entered five competitions, more competitions than 83% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | China | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 9.36 | 13.47 | top 5.7% | 2,214 / 28,153 | |
| 2×2 | 2.96 | 4.56 | top 13.8% | 2,145 / 15,796 | |
| 4×4 | 1:00.78 | 1:09.39 | top 37.3% | 3,660 / 5,926 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 27.96 | 35.11 | top 41.9% | 3,814 / 5,922 | |
| Pyraminx | 12.89 | 16.34 | top 72.3% | 7,240 / 10,224 |
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
- 5 Jan 2024First sub-10 3×3: 9.36 at Canada's Best in the West 2024.
- 14 Oct 2023First sub-15 3×3: 12.70 at Vancouver Fall Fest 2023.
- 14 Oct 2023Four personal bests in one day at Vancouver Fall Fest 2023.
- 22 May 2023First competition: BC Spring Solving B 2023. A 15.66 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Make Cutoff Maple Ridge 2025 · 6 Sep 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Canada's Best in the West 2024 · 5 Jan 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Vancouver Fall Fest 2023 · 14 Oct 2023 — 4 personal bests set
- Richmond Summer Open 2023 · 5 Aug 2023 — 1 personal best set
- BC Spring Solving B 2023 · 22 May 2023
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.
- Kevin Matthews — met in 26 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
- Kenny Zhong — met in 25 rounds, never finished ahead
- Luke Jankowiak — met in 24 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.36 away.
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.96 away.
Targets move as he improves.