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Xu Wang (王旭)

3×3 · top 7.0% of 284,439 all-time · competing since May 2011 · 2011WANG18

Xu Wang (王旭) has been competing for 15 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 9.85, set at TKK Open 2016, puts him in the top 7.0% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 2,743rd in China. Until October 2007, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 24 competitions since May 2011, he has put 582 official solves on the record across ten events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, steadier than 92% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 18.01 in May 2011 to 9.85, a 45% improvement. Xu has entered 24 competitions, more competitions than 97% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 7.0% of 284,439 all-time
9.85
signature single · TKK Open 2016
582
official solves on the record
11%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 92% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChina
3×39.8512.33
top 7.0%2,743 / 28,153
4×437.9644.11
top 9.7%1,025 / 5,926
Megaminx1:00.871:03.17
top 10.5%277 / 1,678
5×51:13.221:22.45
top 14.0%685 / 2,816
2×23.555.86
top 20.8%3,416 / 15,796
7×73:55.114:04.14
top 28.9%568 / 1,261
Square-126.4731.29
top 42.4%730 / 1,362
Pyraminx9.4510.74
top 48.6%5,128 / 10,224
3×3 blindfolded3:02.41—
top 53.2%736 / 1,183
6×63:31.423:51.69
top 55.2%1,024 / 1,349

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 Spring 2011: 18.01Hefei After Term Open 2011: 19.44Hefei Spring 2012: 14.43Nanjing Spring 2012: 14.25Hefei Summer 2012: 13.15Nanjing Autumn 2012: 13.60Nanjing Winter 2012: 14.05Zhejiang University 2013: 16.71Nanjing Normal University 2013: 14.04NUAA Open 2013: 14.04Yingkou Open 2013: 11.90Hefei Open 2013: 12.69Nanjing Spring 2014: 12.74Shenzhen New Year 2016: 12.09Xiamen Open 2016: 12.81TKK Open 2016: 9.85Quanzhou Open 2016: 12.26Xiamen Open 2017: 11.02Yangzhou Open 2017: 10.97Chengdu Open 2018: 11.57Chengdu Open 2019: 12.139.8519.4414 May 20111 May 2019

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-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.85 away.
  • A sub-30 4×4 single — 2,388 people have one; it is 7.96 away.

Targets move as he improves.