Yiheng Wang facts for kids
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Yiheng Wang
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Yiheng Wang in 2023.
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| Born | 16 December 2013 |
| Nationality | Chinese |
| Known for | Rubik's Cube speedsolving |
Yiheng Wang (born December 16, 2013) is a Chinese competitive speedcuber who currently has the world record average time for the Rubik's Cube with a time of 4.09 seconds. He has been noted for achieving multiple world records, breaking his first at age 9. He also currently is 2nd in the world for the single solve with a time of 3.38 seconds. He also has the world record average time for the 2x2x2 with a time of 0.78 seconds.
Cubing career
Wang entered his first World Cube Association competition in September 2019, at age 5. He won his first competition title in January 2021, at age 7. In August 2023, at age 9, he came within 0.01 seconds of winning the 2023 World Cube Association World Championship, finishing in second place just behind Max Park.
Wang first set the 3×3×3 average record as a nine-year-old, on March 10, 2023, at a meet in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, with a time of 4.69 seconds. The previous record of 4.86 seconds had been held jointly by American Max Park and Poland's Tymon Kolasiński. Since then, Wang has set new world records in the event four more times, lowering his time to 4.48, 4.36, 4.25, and 4.09 seconds.
In terms of average, Wang has achieved the 14 fastest averages of 5 of all time and 42 of the world's 58 averages under 5 second as of September 2024.
In addition to his record for 3×3×3 average, Wang has the second-fastest single 3×3×3 solve ever at 3.38 seconds, behind only Park's 3.13. In all, Wang owns 6 of the 20 fastest individual solves of all time.
Wang also competes on the smaller 2×2×2 cube and currently holds the world record for average time at 0.78 seconds, and he has a single of 0.49 seconds, which is 4th in the world. He was the first cuber to record an official average under 1 second in competition.
See also
In Spanish: Yiheng Wang para niños
