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Tao Wang (王涛)

3×3 · top 26.2% of 284,439 all-time · competing since March 2015 · 2015WANG12

Tao Wang (王涛) has been competing for 11 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 15.54, set at Huaibei Open 2017, puts him in the top 26.2% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 9,823rd in China. Across 5 competitions since March 2015, he has put 68 official solves on the record across five events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 18% around a typical one, an early reading from 6 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 34.94 in March 2015 to 15.54, a 56% improvement. Tao has entered five competitions, more competitions than 83% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 26.2% of 284,439 all-time
15.54
signature single · Huaibei Open 2017
68
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChina
3×315.5419.86
top 26.2%9,823 / 28,153
Pyraminx8.129.69
top 37.2%4,048 / 10,224
2×25.207.30
top 41.8%7,220 / 15,796
3×3 one-handed30.8534.30
top 48.5%4,236 / 5,922
Skewb9.5717.07
top 52.3%2,925 / 5,004

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

AnHui University Open 2015: 34.94Hefei Open 2015: 40.58Huaibei Open 2017: 15.54China Championship 2017: 19.01Hefei Open 2017: 20.6515.5440.5829 Mar 20155 Oct 2017

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-15 3×3 single — 69,493 people have one; it is 0.54 away.
  • A sub-8 Pyraminx single — 46,752 people have one; it is 0.12 away.

Targets move as he improves.