People · China
Ruichen Wan (万瑞晨)
Pyraminx · top 0.89% of 129,321 all-time · competing since May 2024 · 2024WANR01
Ruichen Wan (万瑞晨) has been competing for 2 years. His best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 1.84, set at Xuzhou Newcomers 2025, puts him in the top 0.89% of the 129,321 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 102nd in China. Until April 2012, no official Pyraminx solve in the world had been that fast. Across 6 competitions since May 2024, he has put 163 official solves on the record across five events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one; 80% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 17.89 in May 2024 to 7.17, a 60% improvement. Ruichen has entered six competitions, more competitions than 86% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | China | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pyraminx | 1.84 | 2.39 | top 0.89% | 102 / 10,224 | |
| 3×3 | 7.17 | 8.98 | top 1.5% | 548 / 28,153 | |
| 2×2 | 2.47 | 3.34 | top 8.6% | 1,267 / 15,796 | |
| 4×4 | 37.04 | 43.83 | top 8.7% | 902 / 5,926 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 16.15 | 18.06 | top 10.6% | 1,031 / 5,922 |
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
- 4 Apr 2025Three personal bests in one day at Xi'an Cherry Blossom 2025.
- 30 Mar 2025Four personal bests in one day at Xuzhou Newcomers 2025.
- 21 Dec 2024First sub-15 3×3: 9.85 at Yancheng Open 2024.
- 21 Dec 2024First sub-10 3×3: 9.85 at Yancheng Open 2024.
- 21 Dec 2024Three personal bests in one day at Yancheng Open 2024.
- 26 May 2024First competition: Guiyang Open 2024. A 17.89 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Lishui Open 2025 · 25 May 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Nanchang Spring 2025 · 26 Apr 2025
- Xi'an Cherry Blossom 2025 · 4 Apr 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Xuzhou Newcomers 2025 · 30 Mar 2025 — 4 personal bests set
- Yancheng Open 2024 · 21 Dec 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Guiyang Open 2024 · 26 May 2024
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.
- Ruimin Yan (颜瑞民) — met in 24 rounds, finished ahead 19 times
- Yiheng Wang (王艺衡) — met in 24 rounds, finished ahead once
- Xinyun Chen (陈新运) — met in 21 rounds, finished ahead once
Next targets
- A sub-1 Pyraminx single — 49 people have one; it is 0.84 away.
- A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 1.17 away.
Targets move as he improves.