People · China
Wan Tian (田万)
3×3 · top 3.7% of 284,439 all-time · competing since May 2019 · 2019TIAN12
Wan Tian (田万) has been competing for 7 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.48, set at Xi'an Cherry Blossom 2025, puts him in the top 3.7% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,395th in China. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 4 competitions since May 2019, he has put 89 official solves on the record across three events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 17% around a typical one, an early reading from 9 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 11.08 in May 2019 to 8.48, a 23% improvement. Wan has entered four competitions, more competitions than 78% 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 | 8.48 | 10.34 | top 3.7% | 1,395 / 28,153 | |
| 2×2 | 3.10 | 3.42 | top 15.4% | 2,453 / 15,796 | |
| 4×4 | 43.21 | 48.55 | top 16.0% | 1,740 / 5,926 |
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
- 4 Jan 2025First sub-10 3×3: 9.30 at Xi'an New Year 2025.
- 2 May 2019First competition: Wuhan Open 2019. A 12.71 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Huanggang Open 2026 · 7 Jun 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Xi'an Cherry Blossom 2025 · 4 Apr 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Xi'an New Year 2025 · 4 Jan 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Wuhan Open 2019 · 2 May 2019 — 2 personal bests set
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.
- Xinyun Chen (陈新运) — met in 18 rounds, never finished ahead
- Jack Pan (潘杰康) — met in 15 rounds, never finished ahead
- Zijian Cai (蔡子健) — met in 13 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.48 away.
- A sub-3 2×2 single — 26,570 people have one; it is 0.10 away.
Targets move as he improves.