People · Canada
Ruichen Wang
3×3 · top 3.4% of 288,433 all-time · competing since May 2022 · 2022WANG22
Ruichen Wang has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.33, set at Appleby Winter A 2023, puts him in the top 3.4% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 340th in Canada. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 9 competitions since May 2022, he has put 220 official solves on the record across twelve events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 9% around a typical one, an early reading from 9 counted rounds. That figure sets aside his 4 DNFs. His 3×3 best has come down from 10.87 in May 2022 to 8.33, a 23% improvement. Ruichen 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 | 8.33 | 9.67 | top 3.4% | 340 / 10,502 | |
| 4×4 | 31.31 | 38.90 | top 3.7% | 86 / 3,180 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 14.75 | 19.10 | top 7.7% | 161 / 2,632 | |
| Megaminx | 57.03 | 1:09.94 | top 8.5% | 76 / 1,393 | |
| Pyraminx | 4.30 | 6.17 | top 9.2% | 340 / 4,913 | |
| Clock | 7.79 | 10.88 | top 14.1% | 111 / 1,057 | |
| 5×5 | 1:15.10 | 1:21.15 | top 15.5% | 188 / 1,546 | |
| Skewb | 4.82 | 7.33 | top 16.9% | 373 / 2,928 | |
| 2×2 | 3.30 | 3.72 | top 17.9% | 1,203 / 7,245 | |
| Square-1 | 15.73 | 18.23 | top 18.1% | 154 / 973 | |
| 6×6 | 2:47.32 | 2:59.27 | early days — 3 solves | 179 / 683 | |
| 7×7 | 5:04.09 | — | early days — 1 solve | 221 / 519 |
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
- 29 Aug 2026Five personal bests in one day at Brampton Summer 2026.
- 19 Feb 2023Four personal bests in one day at Waterloo Favourites B 2023.
- 7 Jan 2023Three personal bests in one day at Appleby Winter A 2023.
- 27 Nov 2022First sub-10 3×3: 9.46 at Oakville Fall B 2022.
- 24 Sep 2022Three personal bests in one day at Richmond Hill 2022.
- 7 May 2022First competition: Oshawa Favourites 2022. A 10.87 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Brampton Summer 2026 · 29 Aug 2026 — 5 personal bests set
- Waterloo Favourites B 2023 · 19 Feb 2023 — 4 personal bests set
- Appleby Winter A 2023 · 7 Jan 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- Oakville Fall B 2022 · 27 Nov 2022 — 1 personal best set
- Newmarket Side Events 2022 · 12 Nov 2022 — 2 personal bests set
- Ajax NxNxN 2022 · 29 Oct 2022 — 1 personal best set
- Richmond Hill 2022 · 24 Sep 2022 — 3 personal bests set
- Hamilton Side Events 2022 · 28 May 2022 — 2 personal bests set
- Oshawa Favourites 2022 · 7 May 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.
- Matthew Lee — met in 34 rounds, finished ahead twice
- Arhaan Sareen — met in 34 rounds, finished ahead once
- Lucas Nieuwland — met in 31 rounds, finished ahead 14 times
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 8,101 people have one; it is 0.33 away.
- A sub-30 4×4 single — 2,465 people have one; it is 1.31 away.
Targets move as he improves.