People · China
Tao Wang (王涛)
Pyraminx · top 2.0% of 130,891 all-time · competing since July 2024 · 2024WANT01
Tao Wang (王涛) has been competing for 2 years. His best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 2.40, set at Hangzhou Open 2026, puts him in the top 2.0% of the 130,891 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 238th in China. Until January 2011, no official Pyraminx solve in the world had been that fast. Across 14 competitions since July 2024, he has put 259 official solves on the record across 13 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, steadier than 50% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. That figure sets aside his 4 DNFs. His 3×3 best has come down from 12.69 in July 2024 to 10.77, a 15% improvement. Tao 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pyraminx | 2.40 | 6.18 | top 2.0% | 238 / 10,269 | |
| 3×3 | 10.77 | 12.22 | top 9.8% | 3,905 / 28,499 | |
| 2×2 | 2.70 | 3.69 | top 11.0% | 1,710 / 15,939 | |
| Skewb | 4.55 | 7.61 | top 14.9% | 926 / 5,030 | |
| 4×4 | 44.64 | 49.50 | top 17.9% | 1,972 / 5,999 | |
| 5×5 | 1:22.34 | 1:31.50 | top 21.1% | 1,028 / 2,857 | |
| 6×6 | 2:25.46 | 2:32.22 | early days — 3 solves | 521 / 1,363 | |
| 7×7 | 3:40.02 | 3:52.96 | top 23.5% | 482 / 1,274 | |
| Megaminx | 1:22.87 | 1:32.46 | top 23.7% | 733 / 1,693 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 21.32 | 23.85 | top 24.2% | 2,430 / 5,994 | |
| Clock | 11.39 | 13.25 | top 32.0% | 780 / 1,887 | |
| Square-1 | 24.82 | 34.58 | top 38.8% | 669 / 1,373 | |
| 3×3 Fewest Moves | 38 moves | 43.33 | top 41.0% | 466 / 1,071 |
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
- 26 Jul 2025Three personal bests in one day at Taizhou Open 2025.
- 8 Feb 2025Five personal bests in one day at Chengdu Spring Open 2025.
- 15 Dec 2024Three personal bests in one day at Hangzhou Open 2024.
- 28 Jul 2024First competition: Huizhou 10th Anniversary 2024. A 12.69 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Xianju Bayberry 2026 · 20 Jun 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Hangzhou Open 2026 · 23 May 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Deqing Big & Blind 2026 · 25 Apr 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Guangdong Open - Revival & Rival 2026 · 6 Feb 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Hangzhou Winter 2025 · 29 Nov 2025
- Quangang Afternoon 2025 · 31 Aug 2025
- Zhengzhou Summer I 2025 · 23 Aug 2025 — 1 personal best set
- FMC Asia 2025 · 27 Jul 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Taizhou Open 2025 · 26 Jul 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Chengdu Spring Open 2025 · 8 Feb 2025 — 5 personal bests set
- Hangzhou Open 2024 · 15 Dec 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- FMC Cubing China 2024 · 14 Dec 2024
- Deqing Big Cubes Summer 2024 · 24 Aug 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Huizhou 10th Anniversary 2024 · 28 Jul 2024
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.
- Weikang Zheng (郑炜康) — met in 48 rounds, finished ahead 8 times
- Han Wang (汪涵) — met in 45 rounds, finished ahead 6 times
- Zhiyuan Ma (马之元) — met in 37 rounds, finished ahead once
Next targets
- A sub-2 Pyraminx single — 1,497 people have one; it is 0.40 away.
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,606 people have one; it is 0.77 away.
Targets move as he improves.