People · China
Shilan Wang (王石蓝)
3×3 · top 4.0% of 284,439 all-time · competing since January 2017 · 2017WANG03
Shilan Wang (王石蓝) has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.63, set at Guangzhou Small Cubes 2025, puts him in the top 4.0% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,523rd in China. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 14 competitions since January 2017, he has put 465 official solves on the record across 13 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 63% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 14.48 in January 2017 to 8.63, a 40% improvement. Shilan has entered 14 competitions, more competitions than 95% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | China | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 8.63 | 10.47 | top 4.0% | 1,523 / 28,153 | |
| Pyraminx | 3.50 | 6.79 | top 5.5% | 650 / 10,224 | |
| 4×4 | 34.18 | 35.67 | top 6.0% | 605 / 5,926 | |
| Skewb | 3.41 | 5.88 | top 7.2% | 400 / 5,004 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 14.61 | 19.28 | top 7.3% | 705 / 5,922 | |
| 2×2 | 2.55 | 3.98 | top 9.4% | 1,403 / 15,796 | |
| Megaminx | 1:03.61 | 1:14.24 | top 11.9% | 323 / 1,678 | |
| 5×5 | 1:10.99 | 1:13.73 | top 12.3% | 607 / 2,816 | |
| 6×6 | 2:08.93 | 2:19.59 | top 14.8% | 324 / 1,349 | |
| 7×7 | 3:17.76 | 3:19.78 | top 15.6% | 318 / 1,261 | |
| Square-1 | 15.02 | 23.31 | top 16.5% | 254 / 1,362 | |
| Clock | 8.61 | 12.03 | top 18.0% | 398 / 1,843 | |
| 3×3 Fewest Moves | 40 moves | — | early days — 2 solves | 560 / 1,058 |
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
- 18 Aug 2024Three personal bests in one day at Guangzhou Big Cubes 2024.
- 24 Aug 2019Three personal bests in one day at Shenzhen Cubing 10th Anniversary 2019.
- 21 Jul 2018Four personal bests in one day at Shenzhen Open 2018.
- 4 Nov 2017First sub-10 3×3: 9.78 at Zhongshan Open 2017.
- 4 Nov 2017Three personal bests in one day at Zhongshan Open 2017.
- 22 Jan 2017First competition: Dongguan Open 2017. A 14.48 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Guangzhou Special 2026 · 19 Jun 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Guangzhou Small Cubes 2025 · 9 Nov 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Shenzhen Open 2024 · 7 Dec 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Guangzhou Big Cubes 2024 · 18 Aug 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Shenzhen Nanshan Open 2024 · 22 Jun 2024
- Shenzhen Cubing 10th Anniversary 2019 · 24 Aug 2019 — 3 personal bests set
- Maoming Open 2019 · 30 Jun 2019
- Shenzhen Open 2018 · 21 Jul 2018 — 4 personal bests set
- Dongguan Open 2018 · 4 Mar 2018 — 1 personal best set
- Yangjiang Open 2018 · 10 Feb 2018 — 1 personal best set
- Shenzhen Open 2017 · 3 Dec 2017 — 2 personal bests set
- Zhongshan Open 2017 · 4 Nov 2017 — 3 personal bests set
- Coconut Island Open 2017 · 6 Aug 2017 — 2 personal bests set
- Dongguan Open 2017 · 22 Jan 2017
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.
- Ming Zheng (郑鸣) — met in 52 rounds, finished ahead 43 times
- You Wu (吴悠) — met in 51 rounds, finished ahead 31 times
- Yuxuan Guo (郭雨轩) — met in 50 rounds, finished ahead 13 times
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.63 away.
- A sub-3 Pyraminx single — 4,700 people have one; it is 0.50 away.
Targets move as he improves.