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Ryan Wang
Square-1 · top 3.6% of 25,272 all-time · competing since April 2019 · 2019WANG86
Ryan Wang has been competing for 7 years. His best event is the Square-1: a personal-best single of 8.43, set at SacCubing XIV 2023, puts him in the top 3.6% of the 25,272 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 268th in the United States. Until November 2013, no official Square-1 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 14 competitions since April 2019, he has put 508 official solves on the record across 13 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, steadier than 50% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 13.44 in April 2019 to 8.57, a 36% improvement. Ryan has entered 14 competitions, more competitions than 95% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Square-1 | 8.43 | 10.99 | top 3.6% | 268 / 6,743 | |
| 3×3 | 8.57 | 10.81 | top 3.9% | 2,194 / 59,724 | |
| Megaminx | 52.77 | 1:01.04 | top 6.4% | 451 / 7,841 | |
| 2×2 | 2.54 | 3.46 | top 9.3% | 3,669 / 40,951 | |
| 4×4 | 38.41 | 49.04 | top 10.2% | 1,521 / 19,072 | |
| Pyraminx | 5.48 | 7.60 | top 16.3% | 4,328 / 28,708 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 21.96 | 29.79 | top 25.9% | 3,348 / 15,683 | |
| Skewb | 6.62 | 11.06 | top 30.6% | 5,057 / 18,907 | |
| 5×5 | 1:33.93 | 1:48.81 | top 30.6% | 2,423 / 9,401 | |
| 3×3 blindfolded | 2:48.07 | — | early days — 2 solves | 1,051 / 2,092 | |
| 6×6 | 3:44.45 | 4:06.97 | top 60.3% | 2,314 / 4,196 | |
| 7×7 | 6:29.45 | — | early days — 1 solve | 2,309 / 3,184 | |
| Clock | 35.06 | — | early days — 3 solves | 8,022 / 8,927 |
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
- 22 Jun 2024Five personal bests in one day at Bay Area Speedcubin' 63 - Atherton 2024.
- 20 May 2023Three personal bests in one day at SacCubing XIV 2023.
- 7 Jan 2023First sub-10 3×3: 9.45 at Cubing For Water Winter 2023.
- 7 Jan 2023Six personal bests in one day at Cubing For Water Winter 2023.
- 25 Jan 2020Four personal bests in one day at SacCubing IX 2020.
- 10 Nov 2019Three personal bests in one day at Berkeley Fall 2019.
Competitions
- EVO Sports Expo Cubing - Santa Clara 2025 · 12 Apr 2025
- SacCubing XVIII 2024 · 14 Sep 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Bay Area Speedcubin' 63 - Atherton 2024 · 22 Jun 2024 — 5 personal bests set
- CubingUSA Nationals 2023 · 27 Jul 2023
- Maltby Mega Special 2023 · 9 Jul 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Bay Area Speedcubin' 47 - Berkeley Pride 2023 · 4 Jun 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- SacCubing XIV 2023 · 20 May 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- Houston Spring Side Events 2023 · 15 Apr 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Cubing For Water Winter 2023 · 7 Jan 2023 — 6 personal bests set
- Houston Fall 2022 · 5 Nov 2022 — 2 personal bests set
- SacCubing IX 2020 · 25 Jan 2020 — 4 personal bests set
- Berkeley Fall 2019 · 10 Nov 2019 — 3 personal bests set
- Berkeley Summer 2019 · 21 Sep 2019 — 3 personal bests set
- Berkeley Spring 2019 · 21 Apr 2019 — 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.
- Jason Ostdiek — met in 69 rounds, finished ahead 13 times
- Varun Mohanraj — met in 63 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
- Nolan Yiu — met in 62 rounds, finished ahead 15 times
Next targets
- A sub-8 Square-1 single — 766 people have one; it is 0.43 away.
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.57 away.
Targets move as he improves.