People · China
Ye Wang (王晔)
Clock · top 4.9% of 32,817 all-time · competing since July 2016 · 2016WANY05
Ye Wang (王晔) has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the Clock: a personal-best single of 5.20, set at Taizhou Open 2025, puts him in the top 4.9% of the 32,817 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 96th in China. Until April 2015, no official Clock solve in the world had been that fast. Across 12 competitions since July 2016, he has put 215 official solves on the record across twelve events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 81% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 16.42 in July 2016 to 10.82, a 34% improvement. Ye has entered twelve competitions, more competitions than 94% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | China | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clock | 5.20 | 6.84 | top 4.9% | 96 / 1,887 | |
| 3×3 blindfolded | 41.40 | — | top 7.2% | 122 / 1,184 | |
| 3×3 | 10.82 | 12.49 | top 10.0% | 3,975 / 28,499 | |
| 4×4 | 41.98 | 55.09 | top 14.5% | 1,609 / 5,999 | |
| Pyraminx | 5.34 | 7.34 | top 15.4% | 1,827 / 10,269 | |
| 2×2 | 3.36 | 4.12 | top 18.6% | 3,068 / 15,939 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 20.14 | 21.23 | top 20.9% | 2,117 / 5,994 | |
| Skewb | 5.91 | 6.99 | top 25.1% | 1,568 / 5,030 | |
| Square-1 | 19.31 | 30.07 | top 26.4% | 453 / 1,373 | |
| 5×5 | 1:40.07 | — | early days — 2 solves | 1,631 / 2,857 | |
| 6×6 | 3:13.77 | 3:17.74 | early days — 3 solves | 927 / 1,363 | |
| 3×3 Fewest Moves | 44 moves | — | early days — 2 solves | 748 / 1,071 |
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
- 20 Apr 2025Three personal bests in one day at Beijing Spring Open 2025.
- 21 Dec 2024Three personal bests in one day at Yancheng Open 2024.
- 20 Aug 2017Three personal bests in one day at Yangzhou Open 2017.
- 28 Jul 2017First sub-15 3×3: 14.45 at China Championship 2017.
- 28 Jul 2017Three personal bests in one day at China Championship 2017.
- 15 Jul 2016First competition: Hefei Open 2016. A 16.42 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Hefei August Open 2026 · 15 Aug 2026
- Xuzhou Zenith 2026 · 11 Apr 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Xianju NxN 2026 · 7 Mar 2026 — 1 personal best set
- FMC Asia 2025 · 27 Jul 2025
- Taizhou Open 2025 · 26 Jul 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Yancheng Open 2025 · 7 Jun 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Beijing Spring Open 2025 · 20 Apr 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Yancheng Open 2024 · 21 Dec 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Xuzhou Autumn 2024 · 21 Sep 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Yangzhou Open 2017 · 20 Aug 2017 — 3 personal bests set
- China Championship 2017 · 28 Jul 2017 — 3 personal bests set
- Hefei Open 2016 · 15 Jul 2016
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.
- Sheng Cao (曹晟) — met in 23 rounds, never finished ahead
- Yifan Wang (王逸帆) — met in 22 rounds, finished ahead once
- Baiqiang Dong (董百强) — met in 21 rounds, finished ahead 8 times
Next targets
- A sub-5 Clock single — 1,444 people have one; it is 0.20 away.
- A sub-40 3×3 blindfolded single — 839 people have one; it is 1.40 away.
Targets move as he improves.