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Wenjie Lan (兰文杰)

3×3 · top 1.9% of 284,439 all-time · competing since May 2019 · 2019LANW02

Wenjie Lan (兰文杰) has been competing for 7 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 7.42, set at Shaoxing Afternoon 2021, puts him in the top 1.9% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 661st in China. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 2 competitions since May 2019, he has put 81 official solves on the record across ten events. His 3×3 best has come down from 8.64 in May 2019 to 7.42, a 14% improvement. Wenjie has entered two competitions.

3×3
best event — top 1.9% of 284,439 all-time
7.42
signature single · Shaoxing Afternoon 2021
81
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChina
3×37.4210.84
top 1.9%661 / 28,153
7×72:36.412:44.59
top 4.9%96 / 1,261
6×61:47.321:57.23
top 6.2%141 / 1,349
3×3 one-handed14.4420.13
top 7.0%673 / 5,922
5×51:07.441:12.25
top 9.9%484 / 2,816
4×441.1547.50
top 13.5%1,458 / 5,926
2×23.224.20
top 16.8%2,701 / 15,796
Pyraminx5.8910.16
top 19.2%2,198 / 10,224
Skewb5.7312.10
top 23.7%1,467 / 5,004
Megaminx2:47.70
early days — 2 solves1,533 / 1,678

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

Chengdu Open 2019: 8.64Shaoxing Afternoon 2021: 7.427.428.641 May 201927 Mar 2021

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 1.42 away.
  • A sub-2:00 7×7 single — 83 people have one; it is 36.41 away.

Targets move as he improves.