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Xiaowei Wang (王晓伟)

3×3 · top 1.9% of 284,439 all-time · competing since November 2011 · 2011WANG52

Xiaowei Wang (王晓伟) has been competing for 15 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 7.47, set at Xuzhou Open 2018, puts him in the top 1.9% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 685th in China. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 55 competitions since November 2011, he has put 2,546 official solves on the record across 14 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 63% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 14.71 in November 2011 to 7.47, a 49% improvement. Xiaowei has entered 55 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 1.9% of 284,439 all-time
7.47
signature single · Xuzhou Open 2018
2,546
official solves on the record
12%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 63% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChina
3×37.478.74
top 1.9%685 / 28,153
2×21.492.95
top 2.1%246 / 15,796
3×3 one-handed12.2216.40
top 3.3%287 / 5,922
Pyraminx3.746.56
top 6.4%762 / 10,224
Megaminx55.731:05.93
top 7.8%186 / 1,678
4×436.7439.19
top 8.4%866 / 5,926
5×51:12.651:24.10
top 13.5%664 / 2,816
3×3 Fewest Moves33 moves37.67
top 23.4%244 / 1,058
3×3 blindfolded1:41.322:17.17
top 27.0%367 / 1,183
Square-120.2027.31
top 28.4%481 / 1,362
6×62:37.292:52.80
top 29.3%628 / 1,349
Skewb6.537.99
top 30.0%1,845 / 5,004
7×74:05.824:22.40
top 32.9%643 / 1,261
Clock27.2633.43
top 80.7%1,659 / 1,843

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

Zhengzhou Autumn 2011: 14.71Shandong Open 2012: 12.88Wuhan Open 2012: 13.15Nanjing Normal University 2013: 10.55Zhengzhou Spring Open 2013: 11.90Luoyang Open 2013: 11.52Hebei University 2013: 9.53Beijing Winter Open 2013: 10.38Zhengzhou Open 2014: 9.97Tianjin University Open 2014: 9.78Beijing Summer Open 2014: 10.93Yangling Open 2014: 9.86Xi'an New Year 2015: 9.48Xi'an Cherry Blossom 2015: 9.38Nanjing Spring 2015: 10.46Xi'an Summer 2015: 10.44Xi'an New Year 2016: 9.76Xi'an Summer 2016: 10.02One Night in Beijing 2016: 8.89Cube of Odd Numbers 2016: 9.96Xi'an Open 2016: 9.02Asian Championship 2016: 9.53XJTU Open 2016: 9.17Wuhan Chuyun Spring 2017: 9.08ZUA Open 2017: 8.06Taiyuan Open 2017: 8.39Wuhan NxN Open 2017: 8.26Luoyang Open 2017: 8.63China Championship 2017: 9.76Yangzhou Open 2017: 8.54Xuchang Open 2017: 9.57Nanchang Open 2017: 9.46Jiaozuo Open 2017: 9.50Chongqing Open 2017: 9.02Xi'an New Year 2018: 9.46Hubei University Shahu Spring 2018: 7.92Luoyang Spring 2018: 9.04Shijiazhuang Open 2018: 9.29Xuzhou Open 2018: 7.47Hefei Summer 2018: 9.73Zhengzhou Open 2018: 8.86WHUT Open 2018: 8.50Beijing Winter 2018: 8.14Xianyang Open 2019: 7.73Wuhan Chuyun Spring 2019: 8.32Zhengzhou Open 2019: 7.66Shijiazhuang Open 2019: 9.15Ningxia Open 2019: 9.06Shenzhen Cubing 10th Anniversary 2019: 8.63Zhengzhou Summer 2021: 8.94Chongqing Open 2023: 8.00Guiyang Open 2024: 8.58Chongqing New Year 2025: 7.98Zhengzhou Summer III 2025: 9.21Jiajiang Open 2026: 8.597.4714.7120 Nov 201125 Jul 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 1.47 away.
  • A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.49 away.

Targets move as he improves.