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Yu Wang (王煜)

3×3 one-handed · top 9.3% of 73,695 all-time · competing since August 2015 · 2015WANG59

Yu Wang (王煜) has been competing for 11 years. His best event is the 3×3 one-handed: a personal-best single of 15.59, set at Cross-strait Cubing Exchange 2016, puts him in the top 9.3% of the 73,695 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 895th in China. Until May 2008, no official 3×3 one-handed solve in the world had been that fast. Across 5 competitions since August 2015, he has put 159 official solves on the record across nine events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one, an early reading from 9 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 18.09 in August 2015 to 12.36, a 32% improvement. Yu has entered five competitions, more competitions than 83% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3 one-handed
best event — top 9.3% of 73,695 all-time
15.59
signature single · Cross-strait Cubing Exchange 2016
159
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChina
3×3 one-handed15.5919.42
top 9.3%895 / 5,922
3×312.3613.70
top 15.1%5,952 / 28,153
4×444.9948.34
top 18.3%1,988 / 5,926
2×23.805.08
top 23.9%3,986 / 15,796
5×51:33.831:38.74
top 30.6%1,385 / 2,816
Pyraminx7.4010.74
top 31.1%3,430 / 10,224
Square-132.5741.91
top 54.3%930 / 1,362
Skewb11.6813.40
top 64.4%3,473 / 5,004
Clock42.84
early days — 1 solve1,795 / 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

Shantou Open 2015: 18.09Shenzhen New Year 2016: 12.36Huizhou Open 2016: 12.96Cross-strait Cubing Exchange 2016: 13.86Guangdong Open 2021: 12.7312.3618.092 Aug 20151 May 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-15 3×3 one-handed single — 5,987 people have one; it is 0.59 away.
  • A sub-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 0.36 away.

Targets move as he improves.