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Shaofeng Wang (王绍丰)

2×2 · top 4.7% of 186,767 all-time · competing since October 2015 · 2015WANG79

Shaofeng Wang (王绍丰) has been competing for 11 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.99, set at Lanzhou Spring 2017, puts him in the top 4.7% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 641st in China. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 12 competitions since October 2015, he has put 293 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, steadier than 93% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 13.34 in October 2015 to 9.41, a 29% improvement. Shaofeng has entered twelve competitions, more competitions than 94% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 4.7% of 186,767 all-time
1.99
signature single · Lanzhou Spring 2017
293
official solves on the record
11%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 93% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChina
2×21.994.97
top 4.7%641 / 15,796
3×39.4111.20
top 5.9%2,259 / 28,153
4×436.9541.75
top 8.6%890 / 5,926
Skewb4.857.51
top 17.0%1,053 / 5,004
Pyraminx6.297.61
top 22.1%2,529 / 10,224
3×3 one-handed23.9028.06
top 31.2%3,020 / 5,922
5×52:29.34
early days — 1 solve2,486 / 2,816

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

China Championship 2015: 13.34Chengdu Open 2016: 12.73Chongqing Open 2016: 11.66Xi'an Open 2016: 11.80XJTU Open 2016: 10.58Xi'an New Year 2017: 11.51Lanzhou Spring 2017: 11.23Chengdu Open 2017: 10.45Luoyang Open 2017: 10.05China Championship 2017: 9.41Chengdu Winter Open 2018: 10.089.4113.342 Oct 201524 Nov 2018

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-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.99 away.
  • A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.41 away.

Targets move as he improves.