People · China
Zhe Wang (汪哲)
Pyraminx · top 0.7% of 129,321 all-time · competing since November 2017 · 2017WANZ25
Zhe Wang (汪哲) has been competing for 9 years. His best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 1.72, set at Zibo Open 2024, puts him in the top 0.7% of the 129,321 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 79th in China. Until April 2012, no official Pyraminx solve in the world had been that fast. Across 46 competitions since November 2017, he has put 1,012 official solves on the record across nine events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, steadier than 60% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His Pyraminx best has come down from 9.74 in November 2017 to 1.72, an 82% improvement. Zhe has entered 46 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | China | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pyraminx | 1.72 | 2.53 | top 0.7% | 79 / 10,224 | |
| 2×2 | 2.19 | 3.77 | top 6.1% | 861 / 15,796 | |
| 3×3 | 10.19 | 11.80 | top 8.0% | 3,144 / 28,153 | |
| Skewb | 4.66 | 7.21 | top 15.6% | 970 / 5,004 | |
| 4×4 | 43.95 | 51.20 | top 17.0% | 1,833 / 5,926 | |
| Clock | 10.37 | 11.98 | top 26.9% | 623 / 1,843 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 23.72 | 28.49 | top 30.7% | 2,971 / 5,922 | |
| 3×3 Fewest Moves | 38 moves | 40.67 | top 40.9% | 459 / 1,058 | |
| Megaminx | 2:20.72 | — | top 56.7% | 1,408 / 1,678 |
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, Pyraminx. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 20 Oct 2023Three personal bests in one day at Thailand Championship 2023.
- 12 Aug 2023Three personal bests in one day at Rubik's WCA World Championship 2023.
- 14 Jul 2023First sub-15 3×3: 13.99 at Vietnam Championship 2023.
- 14 Jul 2023Five personal bests in one day at Vietnam Championship 2023.
- 20 Oct 2018First sub-20 3×3: 19.92 at Wuxi Autumn 2018.
- 18 Nov 2017First competition: HDU Open 2017. A 25.27 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Ulanqab Small Cubes 2026 · 29 Aug 2026
- Shanghai Summer 2026 · 1 Aug 2026
- Nanchang Summer 2026 · 18 Jul 2026
- Hangzhou Open 2026 · 23 May 2026
- Xianju Special 2026 · 8 Mar 2026
- Fuzhou Open 2026 · 17 Jan 2026
- Hangzhou Winter 2025 · 29 Nov 2025
- Hefei Open 2025 · 25 Oct 2025
- Quangang Afternoon 2025 · 31 Aug 2025
- Zhengzhou Summer IV 2025 · 24 Aug 2025
- Vietnam Championship 2025 · 15 Aug 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Zhuhai Open 2025 · 15 Jun 2025
- Lishui Open 2025 · 25 May 2025
- Nanchang Spring 2025 · 26 Apr 2025
- Please Be Quiet Shanghai 2025 · 12 Apr 2025
- Xuzhou Newcomers 2025 · 30 Mar 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Chengdu Spring Open 2025 · 8 Feb 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Hangzhou Open 2024 · 15 Dec 2024
- FMC Cubing China 2024 · 14 Dec 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Shenzhen Open 2024 · 7 Dec 2024
- Rubik's WCA Asian Championship 2024 · 1 Nov 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Xuzhou Autumn 2024 · 21 Sep 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Deqing Small Cubes Summer 2024 · 25 Aug 2024
- Vietnam Championship 2024 · 19 Jul 2024 — 1 personal best set
- FMC 2024 · 1 Jun 2024
- Tianjin Open 2024 · 1 Jun 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Sunway Velocity Mall Open 2024 · 25 May 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Zibo Open 2024 · 19 May 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Nanchang Spring 2024 · 21 Apr 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Kunshan Open 2024 · 14 Apr 2024
- Xi'an Cherry Blossom 2024 · 5 Apr 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Xuzhou Open 2024 · 30 Mar 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Luoyang Spring 2024 · 10 Mar 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Hangzhou Spring 2024 · 2 Mar 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Changsha Open 2023 · 23 Dec 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Hefei Winter Open 2023 · 25 Nov 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Chongqing Open 2023 · 18 Nov 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Thailand Championship 2023 · 20 Oct 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- Rubik's WCA World Championship 2023 · 12 Aug 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- Vietnam Championship 2023 · 14 Jul 2023 — 5 personal bests set
- Hangzhou Open AM 2021 · 18 Apr 2021 — 1 personal best set
- Hangzhou Open 2019 · 18 May 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- Wuxi Autumn 2018 · 20 Oct 2018 — 2 personal bests set
- Hangzhou Spring 2018 · 17 Mar 2018 — 2 personal bests set
- Jinhua New Year's Day 2018 · 1 Jan 2018 — 2 personal bests set
- HDU Open 2017 · 18 Nov 2017
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.
- Kaixi Guo (郭铠希) — met in 92 rounds, finished ahead twice
- Yiheng Wang (王艺衡) — met in 87 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
- Lingkun Jiang (姜凌坤) — met in 78 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-1 Pyraminx single — 49 people have one; it is 0.72 away.
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.19 away.
Targets move as he improves.