People · United States
Bofan Shang
3×3 · top 4.0% of 288,433 all-time · competing since November 2023 · 2023SHAN18
Bofan Shang has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.63, set at NAC Prep in Palisades 2026, puts him in the top 4.0% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 2,306th in the United States. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 12 competitions since November 2023, he has put 278 official solves on the record across five events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one; 52% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 10.01 in November 2023 to 8.63, a 14% improvement. Bofan has entered twelve competitions, more competitions than 94% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 8.63 | 10.55 | top 4.0% | 2,306 / 60,666 | |
| 2×2 | 2.02 | 3.21 | top 4.9% | 2,005 / 41,674 | |
| 4×4 | 37.04 | 40.86 | top 8.8% | 1,336 / 19,354 | |
| Pyraminx | 4.38 | 6.78 | top 9.6% | 2,536 / 29,168 | |
| 5×5 | 1:16.07 | 1:17.83 | top 16.3% | 1,278 / 9,537 |
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
- 2 Aug 2025Three personal bests in one day at Fort Lee Summer 2025.
- 13 Apr 2025First sub-10 3×3: 9.67 at NYU Spring 2025.
- 13 Apr 2025Three personal bests in one day at NYU Spring 2025.
- 18 Nov 2023First competition: Cubes on the Bayside 2023. A 11.84 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Liberty Science Center Fall A 2026 · 12 Sep 2026
- Mid-Atlantic Warm-Up 2026 · 9 Aug 2026 — 1 personal best set
- NAC Prep in Palisades 2026 · 20 Jun 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- NYU Spring 2026 · 5 Apr 2026
- Fort Lee Winter 2026 · 24 Jan 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Fort Lee Summer 2025 · 2 Aug 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Worlds Prep in Palisades 2025 · 20 Jun 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Summit Summer 2025 · 15 Jun 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- NYU Spring 2025 · 13 Apr 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- North Jersey Speedsolving A 2024 · 11 May 2024
- PBs in Palisades 2024 · 17 Feb 2024
- Cubes on the Bayside 2023 · 18 Nov 2023 — 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.
- Nico Ozsvath — met in 43 rounds, finished ahead once
- Kavin Prince — met in 37 rounds, finished ahead 8 times
- Aaron Jake Wong — met in 36 rounds, finished ahead once
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 8,101 people have one; it is 0.63 away.
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 9,039 people have one; it is 0.02 away.
Targets move as he improves.