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Ryan Wen

3×3 · top 2.5% of 284,439 all-time · competing since December 2022 · 2022WENR01

Ryan Wen has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 7.84, set at Cubing in the Valley 2023, puts him in the top 2.5% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,458th in the United States. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 6 competitions since December 2022, he has put 137 official solves on the record across five events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, steadier than 53% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 10.42 in December 2022 to 7.84, a 25% improvement. Ryan has entered six competitions, more competitions than 86% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 2.5% of 284,439 all-time
7.84
signature single · Cubing in the Valley 2023
137
official solves on the record
13%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 53% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×37.849.36
top 2.5%1,458 / 59,724
2×22.273.08
top 6.8%2,687 / 40,951
3×3 one-handed16.5319.38
top 11.4%1,499 / 15,683
4×445.8652.16
top 19.4%2,942 / 19,072
5×51:52.03
early days — 3 solves3,614 / 9,401

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

San Diego's Final Cube-Down 2022: 10.42Cozy Cubing Poway 2023: 9.40Circle City Turbocharged 2023: 8.33Cubing in the Valley 2023: 7.84Irvine Fall 2023: 9.157.8410.4231 Dec 202224 Sep 2023

Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.

The story so far

Competitions

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.

Next targets

  • A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 1.84 away.
  • A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.27 away.

Targets move as he improves.