People · China
Hengjun Shao (邵珩钧)
3×3 · top 3.8% of 284,439 all-time · competing since July 2024 · 2024SHAO07
Hengjun Shao (邵珩钧) has been competing for 2 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.52, set at Hangzhou Open 2024, puts him in the top 3.8% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,428th in China. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 5 competitions since July 2024, he has put 81 official solves on the record across five events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one, an early reading from 9 counted rounds. That figure sets aside his 4 DNFs. His 3×3 best has come down from 11.01 in July 2024 to 8.52, a 23% improvement. Hengjun has entered five competitions, more competitions than 83% 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 | 8.52 | 10.19 | top 3.8% | 1,428 / 28,153 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 16.44 | 18.73 | top 11.2% | 1,099 / 5,922 | |
| 2×2 | 2.76 | 3.34 | top 11.6% | 1,782 / 15,796 | |
| 4×4 | 1:00.20 | — | top 36.7% | 3,605 / 5,926 | |
| Clock | 16.06 | — | early days — 2 solves | 1,221 / 1,843 |
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
- 15 Dec 2024First sub-10 3×3: 8.52 at Hangzhou Open 2024.
- 20 Jul 2024First competition: Chengdu Summer 2024. A 11.01 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Deqing Small & Special 2026 · 26 Apr 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Hangzhou Winter 2025 · 29 Nov 2025
- Hangzhou Open 2024 · 15 Dec 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Deqing Big Cubes Summer 2024 · 24 Aug 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Chengdu Summer 2024 · 20 Jul 2024 — 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.
- Weikang Zheng (郑炜康) — met in 18 rounds, finished ahead 5 times
- Yechen Yan (颜叶辰) — met in 14 rounds, finished ahead once
- Xulang Li (黎旭朗) — met in 13 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.52 away.
- A sub-15 3×3 one-handed single — 5,987 people have one; it is 1.44 away.
Targets move as he improves.