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Gaoxiang Shen (沈高翔)

3×3 · top 9.4% of 284,439 all-time · competing since August 2013 · 2013SHEN06

Gaoxiang Shen (沈高翔) has been competing for 13 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 10.65, set at Wuxi Open 2017, puts him in the top 9.4% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 3,685th in China. Until August 2006, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 8 competitions since August 2013, he has put 178 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 81% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 12.65 in August 2013 to 10.65, a 16% improvement. Gaoxiang has entered eight competitions, more competitions than 90% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 9.4% of 284,439 all-time
10.65
signature single · Wuxi Open 2017
178
official solves on the record
12%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 81% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChina
3×310.6511.91
top 9.4%3,685 / 28,153
2×22.744.25
top 11.4%1,748 / 15,796
3×3 one-handed25.1928.59
top 34.7%3,301 / 5,922
4×41:03.061:12.40
top 39.7%3,854 / 5,926
Pyraminx9.6510.72
top 50.2%5,281 / 10,224
Skewb10.4717.93
top 57.9%3,188 / 5,004

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

Wuxi Open 2013: 12.65Suzhou Open 2014: 15.05Nantong Open 2014: 12.90Wuxi Open 2015: 12.59Hefei Open 2016: 10.98Wuhan Open 2016: 11.33Wuhan NxN Open 2017: 10.86Wuxi Open 2017: 10.6510.6515.0517 Aug 20135 Aug 2017

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.

Next targets

  • A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 0.65 away.
  • A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.74 away.

Targets move as he improves.