People · China
Hongwen Shi (石洪文)
3×3 · top 5.1% of 284,439 all-time · competing since April 2025 · 2025SHIH02
Hongwen Shi (石洪文) has been competing for a year. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 9.08, set at Beijing Autumn Begins 2026, puts him in the top 5.1% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,933rd in China. Until May 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 2 competitions since April 2025, he has put 35 official solves on the record across five events. Hongwen has entered two competitions.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | China | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 9.08 | 10.50 | top 5.1% | 1,933 / 28,153 | |
| 2×2 | 3.35 | 4.29 | top 18.4% | 2,989 / 15,796 | |
| 4×4 | 45.39 | 47.63 | top 18.8% | 2,040 / 5,926 | |
| 5×5 | 1:21.63 | 1:27.19 | top 20.4% | 970 / 2,816 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 25.31 | 33.05 | top 35.0% | 3,327 / 5,922 |
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 story so far
- 20 Apr 2025First competition: Beijing Spring Open 2025.
Competitions
- Beijing Autumn Begins 2026 · 22 Aug 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Beijing Spring Open 2025 · 20 Apr 2025
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.
- Junze Huang (黄俊泽) — met in 7 rounds, finished ahead twice
- Chenhao Ma (马晨皓) — met in 7 rounds, never finished ahead
- Yanheng Zhu (朱砚珩) — met in 7 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.08 away.
- A sub-3 2×2 single — 26,570 people have one; it is 0.35 away.
Targets move as he improves.