People · United States
Ryan Wang
2×2 · top 4.0% of 186,767 all-time · competing since October 2025 · 2025WANR03
Ryan Wang has been competing for 11 months. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.88, set at Apex Algs Again 2026, puts him in the top 4.0% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,585th in the United States. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 9 competitions since October 2025, he has put 255 official solves on the record across twelve events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one; 81% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 12.25 in October 2025 to 9.09, a 26% improvement. Ryan 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 | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 1.88 | 3.96 | top 4.0% | 1,585 / 40,951 | |
| 3×3 | 9.09 | 10.80 | top 5.1% | 2,840 / 59,724 | |
| 4×4 | 38.84 | 43.98 | top 10.8% | 1,596 / 19,072 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 16.46 | 23.40 | top 11.3% | 1,479 / 15,683 | |
| Skewb | 4.41 | 7.28 | top 13.8% | 2,147 / 18,907 | |
| Pyraminx | 5.23 | 7.24 | top 14.6% | 3,836 / 28,708 | |
| 5×5 | 1:16.35 | 1:33.34 | top 16.3% | 1,269 / 9,401 | |
| 6×6 | 2:28.89 | 2:39.92 | top 25.0% | 899 / 4,196 | |
| 7×7 | 4:07.22 | 4:16.39 | top 33.5% | 938 / 3,184 | |
| Megaminx | 1:39.24 | 2:01.71 | top 34.2% | 2,426 / 7,841 | |
| Clock | 12.23 | 16.57 | top 36.1% | 2,856 / 8,927 | |
| 3×3 blindfolded | 2:47.23 | — | early days — 3 solves | 1,045 / 2,092 |
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
- 1 Aug 2026Three personal bests in one day at Hampton Beach Summer 2026.
- 27 Jun 2026First sub-10 3×3: 9.88 at Warm Up Carolina Pride 2026.
- 27 Jun 2026Six personal bests in one day at Warm Up Carolina Pride 2026.
- 2 May 2026Three personal bests in one day at Bull City Big Cubes NC 2026.
- 8 Mar 2026Five personal bests in one day at NCSU Wolfpack Spring 2026.
- 11 Oct 2025First competition: Cincinnati Cube Challenge 2025. A 13.76 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Hampton Beach Summer 2026 · 1 Aug 2026 — 3 personal bests set
- Warm Up Carolina Pride 2026 · 27 Jun 2026 — 6 personal bests set
- Apex Algs Again 2026 · 23 May 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Bull City Big Cubes NC 2026 · 2 May 2026 — 3 personal bests set
- PBQ NCSU 2026 · 15 Mar 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- NCSU Wolfpack Spring 2026 · 8 Mar 2026 — 5 personal bests set
- NxN Nonsense NC 2026 · 22 Feb 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Oldham County Fall 2025 · 18 Oct 2025
- Cincinnati Cube Challenge 2025 · 11 Oct 2025 — 2 personal bests 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.
- Rue Clippinger — met in 40 rounds, finished ahead 8 times
- Ibrahim Khanani — met in 37 rounds, finished ahead twice
- Natassia Jones — met in 36 rounds, finished ahead 34 times
Next targets
- A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.88 away.
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.09 away.
Targets move as he improves.