People · Chinese Taipei
Ming-Ze Wang (王銘澤)
3×3 · top 2.5% of 284,439 all-time · competing since January 2018 · 2018WANG16
Ming-Ze Wang (王銘澤) has been competing for 9 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 7.86, set at Maru Cube Day Taiwan 2025, puts him in the top 2.5% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 149th in Chinese Taipei. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 7 competitions since January 2018, he has put 130 official solves on the record across four events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one; 59% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 14.54 in January 2018 to 7.86, a 46% improvement. He has entered seven competitions, more competitions than 88% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Chinese Taipei | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 7.86 | 10.33 | top 2.5% | 149 / 4,213 | |
| 4×4 | 34.99 | 41.63 | top 6.7% | 166 / 1,078 | |
| 5×5 | 1:12.39 | 1:20.26 | top 13.3% | 195 / 639 | |
| 2×2 | 5.06 | 6.10 | top 40.1% | 915 / 1,669 |
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
- 3 Sep 2022First sub-10 3×3: 9.70 at Maru Cube Day 2022.
- 3 Sep 2022Six personal bests in one day at Maru Cube Day 2022.
- 30 Jun 2018Four personal bests in one day at Maru X 2018.
- 28 Jan 2018First competition: Cubing Tainan 2018. A 14.54 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Maru Cube Day Taiwan 2025 · 2 Aug 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Maru Cube Day 2022 · 3 Sep 2022 — 6 personal bests set
- Maru Cube Day 2021 · 11 Dec 2021 — 1 personal best set
- Maru X 2018 · 30 Jun 2018 — 4 personal bests set
- All is Well 2018 · 14 Apr 2018 — 2 personal bests set
- Kaohsiung Spring Open 2018 · 11 Mar 2018 — 2 personal bests set
- Cubing Tainan 2018 · 28 Jan 2018
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.
- Chao-Che Chung (鍾肇哲) — met in 27 rounds, never finished ahead
- Chia-Leo Lin (林珈樂) — met in 26 rounds, finished ahead 14 times
- Shu-Yii Luo (駱書翊) — met in 26 rounds, finished ahead twice
Next targets
- A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 1.86 away.
- A sub-30 4×4 single — 2,388 people have one; it is 4.99 away.
Targets move as he improves.