People · Ireland
Mark Wang
3×3 · top 6.7% of 284,439 all-time · competing since July 2022 · 2022WANG31
Mark Wang has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 9.71, set at Rubik's Irish Championship 2024, puts him in the top 6.7% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 110th in Ireland. Until November 2007, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 10 competitions since July 2022, he has put 324 official solves on the record across nine events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 69% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 27.07 in July 2022 to 9.71, a 64% improvement. Mark has entered ten competitions, more competitions than 92% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Ireland | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 9.71 | 12.91 | top 6.7% | 110 / 1,427 | |
| 2×2 | 2.53 | 3.47 | top 9.2% | 132 / 1,163 | |
| Pyraminx | 5.03 | 8.43 | top 13.4% | 174 / 911 | |
| Skewb | 5.92 | 8.00 | top 25.1% | 172 / 624 | |
| 4×4 | 54.29 | 1:13.67 | top 29.9% | 142 / 579 | |
| Megaminx | 2:13.53 | — | top 52.9% | 153 / 283 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 33.41 | 40.84 | top 54.2% | 210 / 448 | |
| Clock | 18.68 | 21.93 | top 60.8% | 217 / 331 | |
| 5×5 | 3:25.45 | — | early days — 2 solves | 260 / 296 |
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
- 17 Aug 2024Three personal bests in one day at Dublin Summer Solving 2024.
- 5 Jul 2024First sub-10 3×3: 9.71 at Rubik's Irish Championship 2024.
- 5 Jul 2024Six personal bests in one day at Rubik's Irish Championship 2024.
- 20 Aug 2023First sub-15 3×3: 11.87 at Dublin Summer Solving Sunday 2023.
- 20 Aug 2023Three personal bests in one day at Dublin Summer Solving Sunday 2023.
- 15 Apr 2023Three personal bests in one day at Don't Lockup Loch Garman 2023.
Competitions
- UCD Cube Days 2025 · 12 Apr 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Dublin Summer Solving 2024 · 17 Aug 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Rubik's Irish Championship 2024 · 5 Jul 2024 — 6 personal bests set
- Corduff Cubing Sunday 2024 · 18 Feb 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Dublin Summer Solving Sunday 2023 · 20 Aug 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- Don't Lockup Loch Garman 2023 · 15 Apr 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- Turnin' in Termonfeckin Saturday 2023 · 11 Mar 2023 — 6 personal bests set
- Irish Championship 2022 · 4 Nov 2022 — 6 personal bests set
- Dublin Open Saturday 2022 · 20 Aug 2022 — 2 personal bests set
- Cubing with the Cats Sunday 2022 · 24 Jul 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.
- William Carey — met in 65 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
- Ben Timmons — met in 61 rounds, finished ahead twice
- Daithí O'Connor — met in 60 rounds, finished ahead 22 times
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.71 away.
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.53 away.
Targets move as he improves.