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Shih-Wei Wang (汪士惟)

2×2 · top 8.9% of 186,767 all-time · competing since December 2010 · 2010WANG69

Shih-Wei Wang (汪士惟) has been competing for 16 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.50, set at Kaohsiung Autumn Open 2019, puts him in the top 8.9% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 247th in Chinese Taipei. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 8 competitions since December 2010, he has put 116 official solves on the record across four events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, steadier than 91% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 16.72 in April 2011 to 11.64, a 30% improvement. He has entered eight competitions, more competitions than 90% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 8.9% of 186,767 all-time
2.50
signature single · Kaohsiung Autumn Open 2019
116
official solves on the record
11%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 91% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChinese Taipei
2×22.504.43
top 8.9%247 / 1,669
3×311.6413.65
top 12.6%764 / 4,213
3×3 one-handed21.5724.62
top 24.8%324 / 802
4×41:10.54
early days — 2 solves732 / 1,078

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

Taiwan Spring Open 2011: 16.72Taipei Open 2011: 11.84Taiwan Winter 2012: 12.06Hsinchu Winter Open 2013: 11.82Kaohsiung Autumn Open 2019: 11.64Taiwan Championship 2019: 11.67Hsinchu Summer Open 2024: 13.9111.6416.722 Apr 201117 Aug 2024

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-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.50 away.
  • A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 1.64 away.

Targets move as he improves.