People · United States
Wenyuan Wu
3×3 · top 6.9% of 284,439 all-time · competing since January 2013 · 2013WUWE02
Wenyuan Wu has been competing for 14 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 9.79, set at Longhorn Fall 2018, puts him in the top 6.9% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 4,448th in the United States. Until October 2007, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 9 competitions since January 2013, he has put 134 official solves on the record across three events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one; 62% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 25.44 in January 2013 to 9.79, a 62% improvement. Wenyuan has entered nine competitions, more competitions than 91% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 9.79 | 11.86 | top 6.9% | 4,448 / 59,724 | |
| 2×2 | 4.03 | 5.99 | top 26.9% | 0 / 40,951 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 30.14 | 42.13 | top 47.0% | 0 / 15,683 |
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
- 17 Nov 2018First sub-10 3×3: 9.79 at Longhorn Fall 2018.
- 3 Jan 2015First sub-15 3×3: 11.06 at Austin Cubing Limits 2015.
- 4 Jan 2014First sub-20 3×3: 18.90 at Houston Winter Open 2014.
- 5 Jan 2013First competition: Houston Winter 2013. A 25.44 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Bellingham Fall 2024 · 19 Oct 2024
- SnoCo Veteran's Weekend B 2022 · 12 Nov 2022
- New Kent On The Block 2022 · 15 Oct 2022
- Longhorn Fall 2018 · 17 Nov 2018 — 1 personal best set
- Longhorn Cube Day 2017 · 18 Nov 2017
- Houston Cube Blast 2016 · 16 Jul 2016
- Austin Cubing Limits 2015 · 3 Jan 2015 — 2 personal bests set
- Houston Winter Open 2014 · 4 Jan 2014 — 1 personal best set
- Houston Winter 2013 · 5 Jan 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.
- Shonathon Collins — met in 18 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
- Wenxuan Wu — met in 11 rounds, finished ahead 9 times
- Ryan Przybocki — met in 11 rounds, finished ahead once
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.79 away.
- A sub-4 2×2 single — 49,452 people have one; it is 0.03 away.
Targets move as he improves.