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Muzhou Wang

3×3 · top 14.0% of 284,439 all-time · competing since April 2006 · 2006WANG04

Muzhou Wang has been competing for 20 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 12.04, set at Caltech Fall 2008, puts him in the top 14.0% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 7,525th in the United States. Across 14 competitions since April 2006, he has put 200 official solves on the record across four events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, steadier than 83% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 24.27 in April 2006 to 12.04, a 50% improvement. Muzhou has entered 14 competitions, more competitions than 95% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 14.0% of 284,439 all-time
12.04
signature single · Caltech Fall 2008
200
official solves on the record
11%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 83% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×312.0417.25
top 14.0%7,525 / 59,724
3×3 one-handed32.6443.69
top 52.6%7,266 / 15,683
3×3 blindfolded4:42.90
top 76.7%1,591 / 2,092
4×42:10.182:26.76
top 85.9%16,215 / 19,072

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

Caltech Spring competition 2006: 24.27San Diego competition 2006: 24.28Caltech Fall competition 2006: 17.55Caltech Winter competition 2007: 20.83Caltech Discovery Spring competition 2007: 18.36US Open 2007: 19.85Caltech Fall competition 2007: 16.71Discovery Science Center competition 2008: 14.66UCSD Summer competition 2008: 14.06US Nationals and Open 2008: 17.72Cincinnati Summer Open 2008: 14.47Caltech Fall 2008: 12.04MIT Fall 2009: 16.36United States Rubik's Cube Championships 2010: 17.4012.0424.2815 Apr 20066 Aug 2010

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.

  • Leyan Lo — met in 40 rounds, never finished ahead
  • Dan Dzoan — met in 36 rounds, finished ahead once
  • Chris Dzoan — met in 34 rounds, finished ahead 3 times

Next targets

  • A sub-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 0.04 away.
  • A sub-30 3×3 one-handed single — 34,382 people have one; it is 2.64 away.

Targets move as he improves.