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Raymond Wang
3×3 · top 4.5% of 284,439 all-time · competing since May 2023 · 2023WANG47
Raymond Wang has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.86, set at Vancouver Newcomers Morning 2024, puts him in the top 4.5% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 436th in Canada. Until May 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 9 competitions since May 2023, he has put 268 official solves on the record across 13 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 10% around a typical one, steadier than 94% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 11.73 in May 2023 to 8.86, a 24% improvement. Raymond has entered nine competitions, more competitions than 91% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 8.86 | 10.84 | top 4.5% | 436 / 10,392 | |
| 4×4 | 41.62 | 48.69 | top 14.1% | 355 / 3,118 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 17.91 | 20.50 | top 14.8% | 315 / 2,620 | |
| Megaminx | 1:12.50 | 1:23.49 | top 17.2% | 150 / 1,375 | |
| 2×2 | 3.31 | 3.67 | top 17.9% | 1,200 / 7,173 | |
| Pyraminx | 6.38 | 8.54 | top 22.9% | 972 / 4,858 | |
| Square-1 | 19.19 | 30.40 | top 26.0% | 223 / 952 | |
| Skewb | 8.27 | 10.64 | top 43.3% | 1,126 / 2,907 | |
| 5×5 | 1:51.21 | 1:55.77 | top 43.4% | 550 / 1,499 | |
| Clock | 15.53 | 22.02 | top 50.0% | 455 / 1,029 | |
| 6×6 | 3:46.19 | 3:53.47 | top 60.9% | 344 / 665 | |
| 7×7 | 5:44.60 | 6:16.64 | top 63.8% | 279 / 503 | |
| 3×3 blindfolded | 4:00.89 | — | top 68.3% | 245 / 351 |
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
- 16 Mar 2024First sub-10 3×3: 8.86 at Vancouver Newcomers Morning 2024.
- 5 Jan 2024Nine personal bests in one day at Canada's Best in the West 2024.
- 2 Dec 2023Four personal bests in one day at UBC Big & Blind 2023.
- 13 Jul 2023Five personal bests in one day at Canadian Championship 2023.
- 22 May 2023First competition: BC Spring Solving B 2023. A 11.73 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Aldergrove Clock Fest 2025 · 19 Apr 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Maple Ridge Favourites 2025 · 4 Jan 2025
- Vancouver's on Tracks 2024 · 8 Jun 2024
- Vancouver Newcomers Morning 2024 · 16 Mar 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Canada's Best in the West 2024 · 5 Jan 2024 — 9 personal bests set
- UBC Big & Blind 2023 · 2 Dec 2023 — 4 personal bests set
- Canadian Championship 2023 · 13 Jul 2023 — 5 personal bests set
- Vancouver Pride 2023 · 11 Jun 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- BC Spring Solving B 2023 · 22 May 2023
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.
- Kevin Matthews — met in 55 rounds, finished ahead 16 times
- Vianne Chang — met in 52 rounds, finished ahead 20 times
- Noah Stelting — met in 52 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.86 away.
- A sub-40 4×4 single — 10,180 people have one; it is 1.62 away.
Targets move as he improves.