For the critical focusing wave equation upport mathImg" data-mathURL="/science?_ob=MathURL&_method=retrieve&_eid=1-s2.0-S0021782413001323&_mathId=si1.gif&_user=111111111&_pii=S0021782413001323&_rdoc=1&_issn=00217824&md5=ff2082423e90f7284fb5dc90f59af5e3" title="Click to view the MathML source">鈻=uup>5up> on upport mathImg" data-mathURL="/science?_ob=MathURL&_method=retrieve&_eid=1-s2.0-S0021782413001323&_mathId=si2.gif&_user=111111111&_pii=S0021782413001323&_rdoc=1&_issn=00217824&md5=b6668ec293822fe5783f59306d93b137" title="Click to view the MathML source">Rup>3+1up> in the radial case, we prove the existence of type II blow up solutions with scaling parameter upport mathImg" data-mathURL="/science?_ob=MathURL&_method=retrieve&_eid=1-s2.0-S0021782413001323&_mathId=si3.gif&_user=111111111&_pii=S0021782413001323&_rdoc=1&_issn=00217824&md5=f8b6117fdad321bd438b6e6fa1985696" title="Click to view the MathML source">位(t)=tup>−1−谓up> for all upport mathImg" data-mathURL="/science?_ob=MathURL&_method=retrieve&_eid=1-s2.0-S0021782413001323&_mathId=si4.gif&_user=111111111&_pii=S0021782413001323&_rdoc=1&_issn=00217824&md5=bdecb699acef3f387f08f3f3c8826bee" title="Click to view the MathML source">谓>0. This extends the previous work by the authors and Tataru where the condition ii=S0021782413001323&_rdoc=1&_issn=00217824&md5=3bef3b4f4703ecdccf1f9ed69aee65fd"> had been imposed, and gives the optimal range of polynomial blow up rates in light of recent work by Duyckaerts, Kenig and Merle.