People · China
Ruotong Wang (王若同)
4×4 · top 3.5% of 83,917 all-time · competing since October 2015 · 2015WANG92
Ruotong Wang (王若同) has been competing for 11 years. His best event is the 4×4: a personal-best single of 31.04, set at Take Your Time Richmond 2023, puts him in the top 3.5% of the 83,917 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 351st in China. Until June 2011, no official 4×4 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 16 competitions since October 2015, he has put 620 official solves on the record across ten events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 63% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 10.92 in October 2015 to 9.07, a 17% improvement. Ruotong has entered 16 competitions, more competitions than 96% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | China | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4×4 | 31.04 | 36.50 | top 3.5% | 351 / 5,926 | |
| 5×5 | 55.68 | 1:04.01 | top 3.6% | 164 / 2,816 | |
| Pyraminx | 3.04 | 4.47 | top 3.8% | 452 / 10,224 | |
| 3×3 | 9.07 | 9.62 | top 5.0% | 1,923 / 28,153 | |
| 7×7 | 2:52.38 | 3:03.85 | top 8.6% | 179 / 1,261 | |
| 2×2 | 2.47 | 4.42 | top 8.6% | 1,267 / 15,796 | |
| 6×6 | 1:57.56 | 2:06.66 | top 10.1% | 215 / 1,349 | |
| Skewb | 4.55 | 5.61 | top 14.8% | 913 / 5,004 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 19.11 | 23.74 | top 18.1% | 1,805 / 5,922 | |
| Megaminx | 1:21.52 | 1:32.57 | top 22.8% | 694 / 1,678 |
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
- 5 Aug 2018Three personal bests in one day at Ningxia Open 2018.
- 13 Aug 2017Three personal bests in one day at Ningxia Open 2017.
- 28 Jul 2017Five personal bests in one day at China Championship 2017.
- 4 Mar 2017Four personal bests in one day at Atlantic Open 2017.
- 7 Jan 2017Four personal bests in one day at Vancouver Open Winter 2017.
- 3 Jul 2016First sub-10 3×3: 9.31 at Changchun Open 2016.
Competitions
- Take Your Time Richmond 2023 · 14 May 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Tianjin Summer Solstice 2021 · 20 Jun 2021
- Beijing Spring Special 2021 · 3 Apr 2021
- Vancouver Big Cubes Open 2019 · 23 Aug 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- China Championship 2019 · 26 Jul 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Ningxia Open 2018 · 5 Aug 2018 — 3 personal bests set
- Beijing Summer 2018 · 29 Jul 2018
- Vancouver Open Winter 2018 · 6 Jan 2018 — 2 personal bests set
- Ningxia Open 2017 · 13 Aug 2017 — 3 personal bests set
- China Championship 2017 · 28 Jul 2017 — 5 personal bests set
- Vancouver Open Summer 2017 · 10 Jun 2017
- Atlantic Open 2017 · 4 Mar 2017 — 4 personal bests set
- Vancouver Open Winter 2017 · 7 Jan 2017 — 4 personal bests set
- Vancouver Fall 2016 · 15 Oct 2016 — 1 personal best set
- Changchun Open 2016 · 3 Jul 2016 — 6 personal bests set
- Beijing Open 2015 · 24 Oct 2015 — 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.
- Sheng Cao (曹晟) — met in 44 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
- Yunke Zhang (张云柯) — met in 39 rounds, finished ahead 8 times
- Baiqiang Dong (董百强) — met in 34 rounds, finished ahead 31 times
Next targets
- A sub-30 4×4 single — 2,388 people have one; it is 1.04 away.
- A sub-50 5×5 single — 713 people have one; it is 5.68 away.
Targets move as he improves.