People · New Zealand
Ray Wu
3×3 · top 7.5% of 288,433 all-time · competing since September 2016 · 2016WURA01
Ray Wu has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 10.02, set at New Zealand Nationals 2017, puts him in the top 7.5% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 168th in New Zealand. Until May 2007, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 7 competitions since September 2016, he has put 259 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, steadier than 91% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 13.82 in September 2016 to 10.02, a 27% improvement. Ray 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 | New Zealand | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 10.02 | 11.65 | top 7.5% | 168 / 2,145 | |
| 4×4 | 40.80 | 45.66 | top 13.1% | 106 / 745 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 17.63 | 22.33 | top 14.2% | 92 / 607 | |
| Pyraminx | 5.61 | 7.42 | top 17.2% | 247 / 1,149 | |
| 2×2 | 3.26 | 3.77 | top 17.4% | 323 / 1,627 | |
| 5×5 | 1:35.22 | 1:45.27 | top 31.8% | 112 / 364 |
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
- 8 Dec 2017Five personal bests in one day at New Zealand Nationals 2017.
- 28 Jan 2017Three personal bests in one day at Mind Games 2017.
- 25 Sep 2016First competition: Palmerston North 2016. A 14.46 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Wellington Winter 2018 · 21 Jul 2018 — 1 personal best set
- Palmerston North 2018 · 27 May 2018 — 1 personal best set
- Mind Games 2018 · 3 Mar 2018 — 1 personal best set
- New Zealand Nationals 2017 · 8 Dec 2017 — 5 personal bests set
- SNZ Northern 2017 · 23 Jul 2017 — 1 personal best set
- Mind Games 2017 · 28 Jan 2017 — 3 personal bests set
- Palmerston North 2016 · 25 Sep 2016 — 1 personal best set
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.
- Tom Stanton-Barnett — met in 50 rounds, finished ahead 21 times
- Aneurin Hunt — met in 46 rounds, finished ahead 31 times
- Lee Stanton-Barnett — met in 45 rounds, finished ahead 28 times
Next targets
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,606 people have one; it is 0.02 away.
- A sub-40 4×4 single — 10,370 people have one; it is 0.80 away.
Targets move as he improves.