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Mengzhe Wu (吴孟哲)

2×2 · top 2.1% of 186,767 all-time · competing since August 2024 · 2024WUME02

Mengzhe Wu (吴孟哲) has been competing for 2 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.48, set at Xi'an Cherry Blossom 2026, puts him in the top 2.1% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 238th in China. Until November 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 9 competitions since August 2024, he has put 253 official solves on the record across ten events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 74% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 12.44 in August 2024 to 9.26, a 26% improvement. Mengzhe has entered nine competitions, more competitions than 91% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 2.1% of 186,767 all-time
1.48
signature single · Xi'an Cherry Blossom 2026
253
official solves on the record
14%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 74% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChina
2×21.482.17
top 2.1%238 / 15,796
3×39.2611.28
top 5.5%2,133 / 28,153
Square-112.3514.40
top 10.6%162 / 1,362
Clock8.179.45
top 16.0%344 / 1,843
4×443.7150.34
top 16.7%1,802 / 5,926
Megaminx1:16.241:27.41
top 19.4%588 / 1,678
Skewb5.308.02
top 20.5%1,273 / 5,004
3×3 one-handed24.0127.98
top 31.5%3,046 / 5,922
Pyraminx8.4510.79
top 40.1%4,329 / 10,224
3×3 Fewest Moves45 moves46.00
early days — 3 solves774 / 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

Xi'an Open 2024: 12.44Xi'an Summer 2025: 10.36Xi'an Autumn 2025: 9.95Zhengzhou Zest 2025: 9.61Xi'an Cherry Blossom 2026: 11.02Chengdu Welcoming Summer 2026: 9.269.2612.443 Aug 20244 May 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-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.48 away.
  • A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.26 away.

Targets move as he improves.