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Edwin Shen

Clock · top 0.55% of 32,048 all-time · competing since January 2021 · 2021SHEN01

Edwin Shen has been competing for 6 years. His best event is the Clock: a personal-best single of 2.81, set at Auckland Matariki Open 2024, puts him in the top 0.55% of the 32,048 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 5th in New Zealand. Until March 2023, no official Clock solve in the world had been that fast. Across 33 competitions since January 2021, he has put 2,183 official solves on the record across twelve events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 64% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 17.44 in January 2021 to 7.33, a 58% improvement. Edwin has entered 33 competitions, more competitions than 98% of everyone who has ever competed.

Clock
best event — top 0.55% of 32,048 all-time
2.81
signature single · Auckland Matariki Open 2024
2,183
official solves on the record
14%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 64% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingNew Zealand
Clock2.813.46
top 0.55%5 / 303
Pyraminx1.724.11
top 0.7%26 / 1,141
Skewb1.744.80
top 0.81%9 / 666
2×21.292.57
top 1.3%51 / 1,615
4×427.6833.13
top 1.6%22 / 722
3×37.338.59
top 1.7%53 / 2,095
Square-17.3511.27
top 2.2%12 / 251
3×3 one-handed11.3814.63
top 2.2%23 / 600
5×51:02.191:05.74
top 6.7%30 / 355
6×62:09.322:21.74
top 15.0%30 / 149
7×73:42.604:12.92
top 24.4%37 / 126
Megaminx1:27.991:38.23
top 26.9%97 / 283

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

A New Year in Auckland 2021: 17.44Twisty Taranaki 2021: 13.76NZ North Island Championship 2021: 10.75Popping Off Pukekohe B 2022: 9.60Twisty Taranaki 2022: 11.37Three Rounds Whangarei 2022: 10.68New Zealand Nationals 2022: 10.47A New Year in Hamilton 2023: 9.60Auckland Autumn 2023: 9.26Auckland Mid-Year Madness 2023: 8.87NZ South Island Championship 2023: 8.22NZ North Island Championship 2023: 9.25New Zealand Nationals 2023: 9.88A New Year in Auckland 2024: 8.09Te Atatū Newcomers Open 2024: 8.31Beachside Auckland 2024: 7.33Auckland Matariki Open 2024: 7.35South Auckland Side Events 2024: 8.24New Zealand Cubing Decathlon 2024: 9.10Springing into Auckland 2024: 7.78Max Speed Milford 2024: 8.59New Zealand Nationals 2024: 8.27A New Year in Auckland 2025: 8.05Sqauckland 2025: 8.19Auckland Autumn 2025: 7.50Puzzling Papatoetoe 2025: 9.16Milford Winter Warm Up 2025: 8.52Coping in Auckland 2025: 7.61NZ North Island Championship 2025: 8.33Drury Summer 2025: 7.86New Zealand Nationals 2025: 7.84Cubing East Auckland Newcomer Open 2026: 7.967.3317.448 Jan 202118 Apr 2026

Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.

The story so far

Competitions

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.

  • Elyas Eyou — met in 390 rounds, finished ahead 50 times
  • Brandon Harris — met in 370 rounds, finished ahead 217 times
  • Levi Eyou — met in 340 rounds, finished ahead 142 times

Next targets

  • A sub-2 Clock single — 17 people have one; it is 0.81 away.
  • A sub-1 Pyraminx single — 49 people have one; it is 0.72 away.

Targets move as he improves.