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Meng Wang (王猛)

3×3 · top 3.7% of 284,439 all-time · competing since May 2009 · 2009WANG23

Meng Wang (王猛) has been competing for 17 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.46, set at Hebei University 2013, puts him in the top 3.7% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,375th in China. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 13 competitions since May 2009, he has put 375 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, steadier than 86% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 14.18 in May 2009 to 8.46, a 40% improvement. Meng has entered 13 competitions, more competitions than 94% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 3.7% of 284,439 all-time
8.46
signature single · Hebei University 2013
375
official solves on the record
11%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 86% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChina
3×38.4611.34
top 3.7%1,375 / 28,153
2×23.385.08
top 18.7%3,056 / 15,796
3×3 one-handed19.4426.54
top 19.0%1,905 / 5,922
4×448.6956.32
top 23.0%2,472 / 5,926
5×51:32.021:53.33
top 29.0%1,316 / 2,816
Square-120.8133.12
top 29.8%508 / 1,362
Pyraminx13.1618.12
top 73.7%7,357 / 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

Beijing Metropolis Open 2009: 14.18Duanwu Festival Open 2009: 14.69Harbin Open 2009: 12.58Changchun Open 2010: 13.27ChangChun 2010: 11.75Yingkou Open 2011: 10.18Shandong Open 2011: 11.15ShenYang Open 2011: 10.22Hebei University 2013: 8.46Beijing Autumn 2014: 10.77Shijiazhuang Open 2017: 9.71Shijiazhuang Winter 2018: 10.45Shijiazhuang Open 2019: 11.548.4614.692 May 200930 Jun 2019

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-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.46 away.
  • A sub-3 2×2 single — 26,570 people have one; it is 0.38 away.

Targets move as he improves.