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Lionel Wang
2×2 · top 0.7% of 186,767 all-time · competing since November 2022 · 2022WANG71
Lionel Wang has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.07, set at Kensington Summer Sunday 2023, puts him in the top 0.7% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 72nd in Australia. Until November 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 17 competitions since November 2022, he has put 340 official solves on the record across five events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 73% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 28.45 in November 2022 to 9.94, a 65% improvement. Lionel has entered 17 competitions, more competitions than 96% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Australia | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 1.07 | 3.86 | top 0.7% | 72 / 8,567 | |
| 3×3 | 9.94 | 12.50 | top 7.3% | 679 / 11,709 | |
| Pyraminx | 8.36 | 11.19 | top 39.3% | 2,118 / 5,993 | |
| Skewb | 9.06 | 15.94 | top 48.8% | 1,552 / 3,534 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 45.85 | 55.10 | top 72.6% | 1,744 / 2,659 |
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
- 23 Mar 2024First sub-10 3×3: 9.94 at Cubing at The Game Expo 2024.
- 21 May 2023First sub-15 3×3: 14.05 at St Oliver's Speedy Sunday 2023.
- 12 Feb 2023Four personal bests in one day at Kensington Summer Sunday 2023.
- 20 Jan 2023First sub-20 3×3: 19.28 at Melbourne Summer 2023.
- 12 Nov 2022First competition: Melbourne Cube Days 2022. A 28.45 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Kensington May Sunday 2024 · 12 May 2024
- Try Cubing Hobart 2024 · 6 Apr 2024
- Cubing at The Game Expo 2024 · 23 Mar 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Altona Algorithms 2024 · 2 Mar 2024
- Hampton Park Summer Sunday 2023 · 3 Dec 2023
- Melbourne Cube Days 2023 · 11 Nov 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Australian Nationals 2023 · 28 Sep 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Cranbourne Spring Sunday 2023 · 10 Sep 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Melbourne Cubing for Kids Saturday 2023 · 26 Aug 2023
- Victorian Open 2023 · 1 Jul 2023 — 1 personal best set
- St Oliver's Speedy Sunday 2023 · 21 May 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Solving in Sale 2023 · 15 Apr 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Speedcubing at Seaworks 2023 · 18 Mar 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Kensington Summer Sunday 2023 · 12 Feb 2023 — 4 personal bests set
- Melbourne Summer 2023 · 20 Jan 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Rubik's WCA Oceanic Championship 2022 · 15 Dec 2022 — 1 personal best set
- Melbourne Cube Days 2022 · 12 Nov 2022
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.
- Phoenix Patterson — met in 67 rounds, never finished ahead
- Roman Rudakov — met in 50 rounds, never finished ahead
- Ben Wakelin — met in 47 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
Next targets
- A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.07 away.
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.94 away.
Targets move as he improves.