People · China
Guoxiu Shan (单国秀)
3×3 · top 4.7% of 284,439 all-time · competing since November 2018 · 2018SHAN18
Guoxiu Shan (单国秀) has been competing for 8 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.93, set at Deqing Big Cubes Summer 2024, puts him in the top 4.7% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,795th in China. Until May 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 4 competitions since November 2018, he has put 107 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one, an early reading from 8 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 10.99 in November 2018 to 8.93, a 19% improvement. Guoxiu has entered four competitions, more competitions than 78% 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 | 8.93 | 10.67 | top 4.7% | 1,795 / 28,153 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 15.77 | 20.75 | top 9.7% | 940 / 5,922 | |
| 4×4 | 41.62 | 48.11 | top 14.1% | 1,519 / 5,926 | |
| Megaminx | 1:17.83 | 1:30.90 | top 20.4% | 612 / 1,678 | |
| 2×2 | 3.66 | 4.95 | top 22.2% | 3,657 / 15,796 | |
| 5×5 | 1:30.10 | — | early days — 2 solves | 1,262 / 2,816 | |
| 7×7 | 6:40.44 | — | early days — 2 solves | 1,148 / 1,261 |
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
- 24 Aug 2024First sub-10 3×3: 9.80 at Deqing Big Cubes Summer 2024.
- 24 Aug 2024Three personal bests in one day at Deqing Big Cubes Summer 2024.
- 17 Nov 2018First competition: Nanjing Autumn 2018. A 12.76 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Deqing Big Cubes Summer 2024 · 24 Aug 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Xuzhou Winter 2019 · 24 Nov 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Kunshan Open 2019 · 20 Apr 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- Nanjing Autumn 2018 · 17 Nov 2018 — 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.
- Xingkai Yin (尹星凯) — met in 17 rounds, never finished ahead
- Zhengkai Xu (徐正凯) — met in 16 rounds, finished ahead 11 times
- Zhibo Jin (金智博) — met in 14 rounds, finished ahead 7 times
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.93 away.
- A sub-15 3×3 one-handed single — 5,987 people have one; it is 0.77 away.
Targets move as he improves.