People · China
Gaoxiang Shen (沈高翔)
3×3 · top 9.5% of 288,433 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 9.5% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 3,766th 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 36,406 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.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | China | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 10.65 | 11.91 | top 9.5% | 3,766 / 28,499 | |
| 2×2 | 2.74 | 4.25 | top 11.4% | 1,783 / 15,939 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 25.19 | 28.59 | top 34.8% | 3,357 / 5,994 | |
| 4×4 | 1:03.06 | 1:12.40 | top 39.8% | 3,916 / 5,999 | |
| Pyraminx | 9.65 | 10.72 | top 50.2% | 5,325 / 10,269 | |
| Skewb | 10.47 | 17.93 | top 57.9% | 3,210 / 5,030 |
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
- 20 May 2017Three personal bests in one day at Wuhan NxN Open 2017.
- 17 Aug 2013First competition: Wuxi Open 2013. A 12.65 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Wuxi Open 2017 · 5 Aug 2017 — 1 personal best set
- Wuhan NxN Open 2017 · 20 May 2017 — 3 personal bests set
- Wuhan Open 2016 · 6 Nov 2016
- Hefei Open 2016 · 15 Jul 2016 — 2 personal bests set
- Wuxi Open 2015 · 8 Aug 2015 — 1 personal best set
- Nantong Open 2014 · 19 Jul 2014 — 1 personal best set
- Suzhou Open 2014 · 12 Jul 2014 — 1 personal best set
- Wuxi Open 2013 · 17 Aug 2013
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.
- Yinghao Wang (王鹰豪) — met in 25 rounds, never finished ahead
- Zijia Feng (冯子甲) — met in 23 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
- Haichuan Du (杜海川) — met in 21 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
Next targets
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,606 people have one; it is 0.65 away.
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 9,039 people have one; it is 0.74 away.
Targets move as he improves.