People · China
Wei Ji (季炜)
3×3 · top 6.2% of 284,439 all-time · competing since August 2013 · 2013JIWE01
Wei Ji (季炜) has been competing for 13 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 9.54, set at Hangzhou Winter 2025, puts him in the top 6.2% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 2,403rd in China. Until February 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 21 competitions since August 2013, he has put 749 official solves on the record across 13 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 68% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 15.63 in August 2013 to 9.54, a 39% improvement. Wei has entered 21 competitions, more competitions than 97% 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 | 9.54 | 11.08 | top 6.2% | 2,403 / 28,153 | |
| 4×4 | 35.79 | 45.27 | top 7.4% | 756 / 5,926 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 15.16 | 21.12 | top 8.4% | 807 / 5,922 | |
| Pyraminx | 4.79 | 6.75 | top 11.9% | 1,428 / 10,224 | |
| 2×2 | 3.00 | 4.34 | top 14.2% | 2,227 / 15,796 | |
| Megaminx | 1:08.25 | 1:19.24 | top 14.6% | 422 / 1,678 | |
| 5×5 | 1:22.25 | 1:25.96 | top 20.9% | 999 / 2,816 | |
| 6×6 | 2:36.31 | 2:45.78 | top 28.9% | 618 / 1,349 | |
| 7×7 | 4:20.65 | 4:48.93 | top 37.9% | 727 / 1,261 | |
| Skewb | 10.23 | 11.41 | top 56.3% | 3,124 / 5,004 | |
| Clock | 19.75 | 22.01 | top 63.9% | 1,421 / 1,843 | |
| Square-1 | 39.96 | 50.74 | top 65.3% | 1,085 / 1,362 | |
| 3×3 Fewest Moves | 48 moves | — | early days — 1 solve | 864 / 1,058 |
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
- 29 Nov 2025First sub-10 3×3: 9.89 at Hangzhou Winter 2025.
- 19 Nov 2016Three personal bests in one day at Hangzhou Autumn 2016.
- 30 Apr 2016Three personal bests in one day at Nanjing Spring 2016.
- 19 Mar 2016Six personal bests in one day at Shanghai Spring 2016.
- 27 Dec 2015Three personal bests in one day at Nanchang Winter 2015.
- 8 Aug 2015Five personal bests in one day at Wuxi Open 2015.
Competitions
- Hangzhou Winter 2025 · 29 Nov 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Rubik's WCA World Championship 2023 · 12 Aug 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Shaoxing Open 2019 · 21 Dec 2019
- Hangzhou Autumn 2019 · 9 Nov 2019
- Hangzhou Open 2019 · 18 May 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- HDU Open 2017 · 18 Nov 2017
- ZUST Open 2017 · 10 Jun 2017 — 2 personal bests set
- Wenzhou Open 2017 · 30 Apr 2017 — 1 personal best set
- Hangzhou Autumn 2016 · 19 Nov 2016 — 3 personal bests set
- Asian Championship 2016 · 1 Oct 2016 — 1 personal best set
- Suzhou Open 2016 · 2 Jul 2016 — 2 personal bests set
- Shanghai Songjiang Open 2016 · 14 May 2016 — 2 personal bests set
- Nanjing Spring 2016 · 30 Apr 2016 — 3 personal bests set
- Shanghai Spring 2016 · 19 Mar 2016 — 6 personal bests set
- Nanchang Winter 2015 · 27 Dec 2015 — 3 personal bests set
- Wuxi Open 2015 · 8 Aug 2015 — 5 personal bests set
- Nanjing Spring 2015 · 1 May 2015 — 5 personal bests set
- Cube Elite Union Cafe 2014 · 6 Dec 2014 — 2 personal bests set
- Nantong Open 2014 · 19 Jul 2014 — 6 personal bests set
- Suzhou Open 2014 · 12 Jul 2014 — 3 personal bests set
- Shanghai Summer 2013 · 3 Aug 2013
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.
- Yinghao Wang (王鹰豪) — met in 91 rounds, never finished ahead
- Jiayu Wang (王佳宇) — met in 90 rounds, finished ahead 7 times
- Renxin Tang (汤任欣) — met in 73 rounds, finished ahead 12 times
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.54 away.
- A sub-30 4×4 single — 2,388 people have one; it is 5.79 away.
Targets move as he improves.