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Hongyi Shen

3×3 · top 11.6% of 284,439 all-time · competing since June 2022 · 2022SHEN07

Hongyi Shen has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 11.35, set at Michigan 2023, puts him in the top 11.6% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 4,574th in China. Across 5 competitions since June 2022, he has put 116 official solves on the record across five events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, an early reading from 9 counted rounds. That figure sets aside his 3 DNFs. His 3×3 best has come down from 25.44 in June 2022 to 11.35, a 55% improvement. Hongyi has entered five competitions, more competitions than 83% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 11.6% of 284,439 all-time
11.35
signature single · Michigan 2023
116
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChina
3×311.3513.24
top 11.6%4,574 / 28,153
Pyraminx4.777.13
top 11.8%1,413 / 10,224
2×23.754.90
top 23.3%3,879 / 15,796
Skewb7.4110.58
top 36.8%2,218 / 5,004
4×41:23.811:35.56
top 58.9%4,978 / 5,926

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

Blue Water Bridge Open 2022: 25.44CubingUSA Great Lakes Championship 2022: 14.20Washtenaw Spring B 2023: 13.20Washtenaw Qualifier 2023: 11.58Michigan 2023: 11.3511.3525.444 Jun 20228 Jul 2023

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.

  • Luke Garrett — met in 23 rounds, never finished ahead
  • Newman Liao — met in 21 rounds, finished ahead 15 times
  • Ezra Shere — met in 20 rounds, never finished ahead

Next targets

  • A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 1.35 away.
  • A sub-4 Pyraminx single — 9,892 people have one; it is 0.77 away.

Targets move as he improves.