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Wei Fan (范伟)

3×3 · top 1.5% of 284,439 all-time · competing since November 2017 · 2017FANW02

Wei Fan (范伟) has been competing for 9 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 7.17, set at Guangzhou GraDUAL 3x3 III 2026, puts him in the top 1.5% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 548th in China. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 11 competitions since November 2017, he has put 334 official solves on the record across five events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 66% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 9.65 in November 2017 to 7.17, a 26% improvement. Wei has entered eleven competitions, more competitions than 93% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 1.5% of 284,439 all-time
7.17
signature single · Guangzhou GraDUAL 3x3 III 2026
334
official solves on the record
12%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 66% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChina
3×37.178.47
top 1.5%548 / 28,153
2×21.772.99
top 3.4%450 / 15,796
3×3 one-handed12.6514.18
top 3.9%343 / 5,922
4×442.5448.98
top 15.1%1,639 / 5,926
Pyraminx6.039.02
top 20.2%2,307 / 10,224

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

Zhongshan Open 2017: 9.65Zhenjiang Open 2017: 11.35Shanghai Winter 2018: 9.58Nanjing Spring 2018: 9.22Shanghai Love in ECNU 2018: 8.46SJTU Open 2018: 9.56Suzhou Open 2018: 8.60China Championship 2019: 7.84Suzhou Open 2019: 8.87Xuzhou Open 2024: 7.44Guangzhou GraDUAL 3x3 III 2026: 7.177.1711.354 Nov 20172 Sep 2026

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-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 1.17 away.
  • A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.77 away.

Targets move as he improves.