People · China
Bowen Shi (施博文)
3×3 · top 1.5% of 284,439 all-time · competing since May 2023 · 2023SHIB02
Bowen Shi (施博文) has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 7.16, set at Taizhou Open 2025, puts him in the top 1.5% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 542nd in China. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 9 competitions since May 2023, he has put 287 official solves on the record across nine events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 70% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 9.36 in May 2023 to 7.16, a 24% improvement. Bowen has entered nine competitions, more competitions than 91% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | China | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 7.16 | 8.15 | top 1.5% | 542 / 28,153 | |
| Skewb | 2.41 | 4.12 | top 2.6% | 136 / 5,004 | |
| Pyraminx | 2.67 | 3.17 | top 2.6% | 310 / 10,224 | |
| 4×4 | 33.96 | 39.46 | top 5.8% | 581 / 5,926 | |
| 2×2 | 2.71 | 3.69 | top 11.0% | 1,691 / 15,796 | |
| 5×5 | 1:12.89 | 1:18.94 | top 13.7% | 674 / 2,816 | |
| Clock | 8.52 | 9.53 | top 17.6% | 388 / 1,843 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 21.08 | 23.08 | top 23.5% | 2,333 / 5,922 | |
| 3×3 Fewest Moves | 43 moves | 51.33 | early days — 3 solves | 691 / 1,058 |
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
- 6 Feb 2026Three personal bests in one day at Guangdong Open - Revival & Rival 2026.
- 26 Jul 2025Three personal bests in one day at Taizhou Open 2025.
- 8 Feb 2025Four personal bests in one day at Chengdu Spring Open 2025.
- 24 Aug 2024Four personal bests in one day at Deqing Big Cubes Summer 2024.
- 30 Mar 2024Three personal bests in one day at Huzhou Open 2024.
- 21 Oct 2023Three personal bests in one day at Hong Kong Championship 2023.
Competitions
- Guangdong Open - Revival & Rival 2026 · 6 Feb 2026 — 3 personal bests set
- Taizhou Open 2025 · 26 Jul 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Chengdu Spring Open 2025 · 8 Feb 2025 — 4 personal bests set
- Deqing Big Cubes Summer 2024 · 24 Aug 2024 — 4 personal bests set
- FMC 2024 · 1 Jun 2024
- Huzhou Open 2024 · 30 Mar 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Hong Kong Championship 2023 · 21 Oct 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- Rubik's WCA World Championship 2023 · 12 Aug 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Cube Camp in Kaeng Krachan 2023 · 5 May 2023
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.
- Zhiyuan Ma (马之元) — met in 49 rounds, finished ahead 5 times
- Han Wang (汪涵) — met in 37 rounds, finished ahead 19 times
- Weikang Zheng (郑炜康) — met in 35 rounds, finished ahead 24 times
Next targets
- A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 1.16 away.
- A sub-2 Skewb single — 1,013 people have one; it is 0.41 away.
Targets move as he improves.