People · United States
Ricky Wu
3×3 · top 5.8% of 284,439 all-time · competing since April 2022 · 2022WURI01
Ricky Wu has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 9.38, set at Washtenaw Qualifiers 2024, puts him in the top 5.8% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 3,217th in the United States. Until February 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 24 competitions since April 2022, he has put 474 official solves on the record across eight events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 79% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 12.98 in April 2022 to 9.38, a 28% improvement. Ricky has entered 24 competitions, more competitions than 97% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 9.38 | 11.75 | top 5.8% | 3,217 / 59,724 | |
| Skewb | 3.97 | 9.62 | top 10.7% | 1,647 / 18,907 | |
| 2×2 | 3.15 | 4.81 | top 16.0% | 6,261 / 40,951 | |
| 4×4 | 43.86 | 52.53 | top 16.9% | 2,556 / 19,072 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 19.45 | 23.33 | top 19.1% | 2,457 / 15,683 | |
| 5×5 | 1:42.05 | 1:51.75 | top 36.9% | 2,941 / 9,401 | |
| 6×6 | 4:34.60 | 5:04.75 | early days — 3 solves | 3,014 / 4,196 | |
| 7×7 | 8:25.36 | — | early days — 1 solve | 2,934 / 3,184 |
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
- 24 May 2024First sub-10 3×3: 9.38 at Washtenaw Qualifiers 2024.
- 1 Apr 2022First competition: Ohio State Expo Open 2022. A 12.98 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Ohio State Winter 2026 · 17 Jan 2026
- Ohio State Fall 2025 · 5 Oct 2025
- Ohio State Summer 2025 · 20 Jul 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Carmen Cube Clash Ohio State 2025 · 20 Apr 2025
- NxNationwide Lewis Center 2025 · 8 Feb 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Ohio State Winter 2025 · 18 Jan 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Ohio State Duos IV 2024 · 6 Dec 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Ohio State Fall 2024 · 10 Nov 2024
- Buckeye Big Cubes Ohio State 2024 · 9 Nov 2024
- FMCow Ohio State IV 2024 · 19 Sep 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Washtenaw Qualifiers 2024 · 24 May 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Ohio State Spring 2024 · 21 Apr 2024
- Solar Eclipse in Sycamore 2024 · 8 Apr 2024
- Ohio State RPAC Cube Clash 2024 · 23 Mar 2024
- Ohio State Duos II 2024 · 15 Feb 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Ohio State Winter 2023 · 9 Dec 2023 — 1 personal best set
- ALL1- Pittsburgh 2023 · 4 Nov 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- CubingUSA Great Lakes Championship 2023 · 20 Oct 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Ohio State Fall 2023 · 30 Sep 2023
- Ohio State Spring First-Timers A 2023 · 1 May 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Ohio State Spring Gray 2023 · 15 Apr 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Ohio State RPAC Cube Clash 2023 · 18 Feb 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Ohio State Fall Scarlet 2022 · 30 Oct 2022 — 2 personal bests set
- Ohio State Expo Open 2022 · 1 Apr 2022
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.
- Braden Richards — met in 92 rounds, never finished ahead
- Jacob Dyland Bennett — met in 76 rounds, finished ahead once
- Keenan Darkins — met in 74 rounds, finished ahead 21 times
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.38 away.
- A sub-3 Skewb single — 3,646 people have one; it is 0.97 away.
Targets move as he improves.