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Wenbin Gu (顾文斌)

3×3 · top 23.2% of 284,439 all-time · competing since December 2008 · 2008GUWE01

Wenbin Gu (顾文斌) has been competing for 18 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 14.63, set at Nanjing Winter Open 2010, puts him in the top 23.2% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 8,827th in China. Across 3 competitions since December 2008, he has put 37 official solves on the record across three events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 9% around a typical one, an early reading from 6 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 25.22 in December 2008 to 14.63, a 42% improvement. Wenbin has entered three competitions, more competitions than 69% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 23.2% of 284,439 all-time
14.63
signature single · Nanjing Winter Open 2010
37
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChina
3×314.6318.15
top 23.2%8,827 / 28,153
3×3 one-handed33.8651.30
top 55.1%4,621 / 5,922
3×3 blindfolded4:00.11
early days — 2 solves936 / 1,183

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

Nanjing Open 2008: 25.22Nanjing Open 2009: 19.34Nanjing Winter Open 2010: 14.6314.6325.2214 Dec 20085 Dec 2010

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-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 2.63 away.
  • A sub-30 3×3 one-handed single — 34,382 people have one; it is 3.86 away.

Targets move as he improves.