Sunday 6 September 2026 Rebuilt nightly from the WCA's official results · export of 6 September 2026 · About
The Middle Three
People → United States → Shakir Wang

People · United States

Shakir Wang

3×3 · top 0.82% of 284,439 all-time · competing since August 2018 · 2018WANS10

Shakir Wang has been competing for 8 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 6.46, set at Temecula Valley Spring 2026, puts him in the top 0.82% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 521st in the United States. Until May 2011, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 26 competitions since August 2018, he has put 430 official solves on the record across eight events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, steadier than 89% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 18.95 in August 2018 to 6.46, a 66% improvement. Shakir has entered 26 competitions, more competitions than 98% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 0.82% of 284,439 all-time
6.46
signature single · Temecula Valley Spring 2026
430
official solves on the record
11%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 89% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×36.468.38
top 0.82%521 / 59,724
2×22.293.23
top 7.0%2,756 / 40,951
3×3 one-handed14.6516.47
top 7.4%994 / 15,683
4×447.2754.43
top 21.2%3,212 / 19,072
Square-128.1541.26
top 46.0%2,991 / 6,743
5×52:02.572:18.06
top 50.8%4,262 / 9,401
Pyraminx11.8112.61
top 66.0%19,504 / 28,708
3×3 Fewest Moves64 moves—
early days — 1 solve1,977 / 2,040

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

Nisei Week 2018: 18.95Poly Cubed 2018: 14.39CubeChella 2018: 12.66Another Bruin Cube Day 2019: 13.75Mudd Winter 2019: 13.59UCSD Winter 2019: 12.42West LA Spring 2019: 11.71Nisei Week 2019: 11.35UCSD Winter 2020: 9.81Westview Winter A 2021: 9.49Anaheim Winter A 2022: 9.60San Diego Spring 2022: 11.15Circle City Turbocharged 2023: 10.17Beckman Gets Big 2023: 9.02University Heights Cubing Winter 2024: 9.28Westview Cubing Favorites 2024: 9.28Nub Open Mission Viejo Summer 2024: 7.95Aliso Niguel Summer 2024: 8.39Kuala Lumpur Cubing Challenge 2025: 8.39Huntington Park Winter 2025: 7.98Temecula Valley Winter 2025: 8.60UCLA Spring 2026: 7.70Temecula Valley Spring 2026: 6.46UCSD TritoNxN 2026: 7.29West Coast Cubing Western Championship 2026: 8.726.4618.9518 Aug 201823 May 2026

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.

  • Shane Grogan — met in 63 rounds, finished ahead 9 times
  • Max Park — met in 56 rounds, never finished ahead
  • Jason Zhang — met in 51 rounds, finished ahead 37 times

Next targets

  • A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 0.46 away.
  • A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.29 away.

Targets move as he improves.