People · China
Wang Xu (徐望)
3×3 · top 12.8% of 284,439 all-time · competing since May 2016 · 2016XUWA01
Wang Xu (徐望) has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 11.69, set at Deqing Big Cubes Summer 2024, puts him in the top 12.8% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 5,070th in China. Across 15 competitions since May 2016, he has put 308 official solves on the record across ten events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one; 51% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 27.40 in May 2016 to 11.69, a 57% improvement. Wang has entered 15 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 | 11.69 | 14.26 | top 12.8% | 5,070 / 28,153 | |
| 4×4 | 46.10 | 52.34 | top 19.7% | 2,122 / 5,926 | |
| Pyraminx | 6.05 | 9.25 | top 20.4% | 2,326 / 10,224 | |
| 2×2 | 4.02 | 6.38 | top 26.7% | 4,520 / 15,796 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 23.46 | 26.86 | top 30.0% | 2,905 / 5,922 | |
| 5×5 | 1:38.48 | 1:45.02 | top 34.2% | 1,542 / 2,816 | |
| Skewb | 7.60 | 8.77 | top 38.3% | 2,281 / 5,004 | |
| Clock | 14.28 | 19.09 | top 45.0% | 1,061 / 1,843 | |
| 6×6 | 3:35.78 | — | early days — 3 solves | 1,047 / 1,349 | |
| 7×7 | 5:57.82 | — | early days — 2 solves | 1,077 / 1,261 |
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
- 24 Aug 2019Three personal bests in one day at Xi'an 10th Anniversary 2019.
- 14 Jul 2018Three personal bests in one day at Hefei Summer 2018.
- 17 Mar 2018Five personal bests in one day at Hangzhou Spring 2018.
- 5 Aug 2017First sub-15 3×3: 13.57 at Wuxi Open 2017.
- 5 Aug 2017Three personal bests in one day at Wuxi Open 2017.
- 18 Mar 2017First sub-20 3×3: 16.79 at Shanghai Spring 2017.
Competitions
- Deqing Big Cubes Summer 2024 · 24 Aug 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Xi'an 10th Anniversary 2019 · 24 Aug 2019 — 3 personal bests set
- Wuxi Open 2019 · 10 Aug 2019
- SJTU Winter Open 2018 · 30 Dec 2018
- Suzhou Open 2018 · 5 Aug 2018 — 1 personal best set
- Hefei Summer 2018 · 14 Jul 2018 — 3 personal bests set
- SJTU Open 2018 · 30 Jun 2018 — 2 personal bests set
- Hangzhou Spring 2018 · 17 Mar 2018 — 5 personal bests set
- Jinhua New Year's Day 2018 · 1 Jan 2018 — 1 personal best set
- Hefei Open 2017 · 5 Oct 2017 — 2 personal bests set
- Yangzhou Open 2017 · 20 Aug 2017
- Wuxi Open 2017 · 5 Aug 2017 — 3 personal bests set
- Shanghai Spring 2017 · 18 Mar 2017 — 1 personal best set
- Jinhua Open 2016 · 6 Aug 2016 — 1 personal best set
- Shanghai Songjiang Open 2016 · 14 May 2016
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.
- Jiayu Wang (王佳宇) — met in 39 rounds, never finished ahead
- Lei Wang (汪磊) — met in 35 rounds, finished ahead once
- Zhiyuan Ma (马之元) — met in 30 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
Next targets
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 1.69 away.
- A sub-40 4×4 single — 10,180 people have one; it is 6.10 away.
Targets move as he improves.