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Solomon Wang

3×3 · top 17.8% of 284,439 all-time · competing since October 2005 · 2005WANG01

Solomon Wang has been competing for 21 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 13.11, set at Berkeley Fall 2008, puts him in the top 17.8% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 9,545th in the United States. Across 6 competitions since October 2005, he has put 65 official solves on the record across two events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one; 56% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 18.73 in October 2005 to 13.11, a 30% improvement. Solomon has entered six competitions, more competitions than 86% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 17.8% of 284,439 all-time
13.11
signature single · Berkeley Fall 2008
65
official solves on the record
13%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 56% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×313.1114.99
top 17.8%9,545 / 59,724
3×3 one-handed32.0640.44
top 51.3%7,081 / 15,683

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

Caltech Fall competition 2005: 18.73Caltech Summer competition 2007: 17.39Berkeley Fall 2008: 13.11Berkeley Summer competition 2009: 14.30Stanford Fall competition 2009: 14.0513.1118.7322 Oct 200521 Nov 2009

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.

  • Leyan Lo — met in 11 rounds, never finished ahead
  • Dan Dzoan — met in 9 rounds, never finished ahead
  • Shelley Chang — met in 8 rounds, finished ahead 6 times

Next targets

  • A sub-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 1.11 away.
  • A sub-30 3×3 one-handed single — 34,382 people have one; it is 2.06 away.

Targets move as he improves.