People · United Kingdom
Adam Shengjie Shi
3×3 · top 3.5% of 284,439 all-time · competing since June 2022 · 2022SHIA01
Adam Shengjie Shi has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.39, set at Leicestershire Autumn 2024, puts him in the top 3.5% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 285th in the United Kingdom. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 8 competitions since June 2022, he has put 127 official solves on the record across two events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 74% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 13.11 in June 2022 to 8.39, a 36% improvement. Adam has entered eight competitions, more competitions than 90% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United Kingdom | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 8.39 | 8.96 | top 3.5% | 285 / 6,689 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 17.62 | 19.94 | top 14.1% | 264 / 1,851 |
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
- 7 Jan 2023First sub-10 3×3: 9.96 at Wiltshire Winter 2023.
- 7 Jan 2023Three personal bests in one day at Wiltshire Winter 2023.
- 25 Jun 2022First competition: Cheltenham Summer 2022. A 17.26 3×3 single to start from.
- 25 Jun 2022First sub-15 3×3: 13.11 at Cheltenham Summer 2022.
Competitions
- Leicestershire Autumn 2024 · 28 Sep 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Rubik's UK Championship 2023 · 20 Oct 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Stevenage September 2023 · 16 Sep 2023
- Edinburgh Summer 2023 · 15 Jul 2023
- Wiltshire Summer 2023 · 17 Jun 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Wakefield Spring 2023 · 1 Apr 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Wiltshire Winter 2023 · 7 Jan 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- Cheltenham Summer 2022 · 25 Jun 2022 — 1 personal best set
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.
- Daniel Partridge — met in 23 rounds, never finished ahead
- Eleanor Sinnott — met in 17 rounds, finished ahead 10 times
- Ben Stokes — met in 16 rounds, finished ahead twice
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.39 away.
- A sub-15 3×3 one-handed single — 5,987 people have one; it is 2.62 away.
Targets move as he improves.