People · China
Huixuan Shi (施慧轩)
4×4 · top 0.53% of 83,917 all-time · competing since November 2013 · 2013SHIH03
Huixuan Shi (施慧轩) has been competing for 13 years. His best event is the 4×4: a personal-best single of 24.17, set at Yunnan Open 2025, puts him in the top 0.53% of the 83,917 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 49th in China. Until August 2014, no official 4×4 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 30 competitions since November 2013, he has put 923 official solves on the record across twelve events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 80% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 9.58 in November 2013 to 7.26, a 24% improvement. Huixuan has entered 30 competitions, more competitions than 98% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | China | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4×4 | 24.17 | 28.82 | top 0.53% | 49 / 5,926 | |
| 3×3 | 7.26 | 9.42 | top 1.6% | 589 / 28,153 | |
| Pyraminx | 2.96 | 4.31 | top 3.5% | 419 / 10,224 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 13.25 | 15.27 | top 4.8% | 429 / 5,922 | |
| 2×2 | 2.02 | 3.26 | top 4.9% | 676 / 15,796 | |
| 5×5 | 1:00.85 | 1:08.38 | top 6.0% | 281 / 2,816 | |
| 6×6 | 2:18.70 | 2:34.01 | top 19.8% | 438 / 1,349 | |
| Megaminx | 1:22.21 | 1:23.72 | top 23.2% | 703 / 1,678 | |
| 7×7 | 3:51.52 | 4:01.31 | top 27.7% | 551 / 1,261 | |
| 3×3 Fewest Moves | 35 moves | 37.33 | early days — 3 solves | 322 / 1,058 | |
| Clock | 11.60 | 17.38 | top 33.1% | 784 / 1,843 | |
| Skewb | 12.75 | 14.57 | top 69.6% | 3,660 / 5,004 |
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
- 7 Dec 2019Five personal bests in one day at Beijing Winter 2019.
- 6 Jul 2014Three personal bests in one day at Beijing Summer Open 2014.
- 7 Jun 2014Three personal bests in one day at Tianjin University Open 2014.
- 17 Nov 2013First competition: TUT 2013. A 9.58 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Weihai Open 2026 · 5 Jul 2026
- Huanggang Open 2026 · 7 Jun 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Zhengzhou Zeal 2025 · 28 Dec 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Zhengzhou Zest 2025 · 27 Dec 2025
- Guangzhou Big Cubes 2025 · 21 Dec 2025 — 1 personal best set
- FMC Cubing China 2025 · 20 Dec 2025
- Xi'an Autumn 2025 · 2 Nov 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Xi'an Summer 2025 · 19 Jul 2025
- Yunnan Open 2025 · 22 Jun 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Xi'an Cherry Blossom 2025 · 4 Apr 2025
- Chengdu Spring Open 2025 · 8 Feb 2025
- Chongqing New Year 2025 · 12 Jan 2025
- Xi'an New Year 2025 · 4 Jan 2025
- Hangzhou Open 2024 · 15 Dec 2024
- Shenzhen Open 2024 · 7 Dec 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Deqing Big Cubes Summer 2024 · 24 Aug 2024
- Chengdu Summer 2024 · 20 Jul 2024
- Shenzhen Nanshan Open 2024 · 22 Jun 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Shenyang Open 2023 · 17 Dec 2023
- Harbin Open 2019 · 22 Dec 2019
- Beijing Winter 2019 · 7 Dec 2019 — 5 personal bests set
- Mudanjiang Open 2018 · 22 Dec 2018 — 2 personal bests set
- BUAA Open 2014 · 16 Nov 2014
- Beijing Autumn 2014 · 13 Sep 2014 — 1 personal best set
- Beijing Summer Open 2014 · 6 Jul 2014 — 3 personal bests set
- Tianjin University Open 2014 · 7 Jun 2014 — 3 personal bests set
- Harbin Open 2014 · 25 May 2014
- Beijing Spring 2014 · 19 Apr 2014 — 1 personal best set
- Beijing Winter Open 2013 · 21 Dec 2013 — 1 personal best set
- TUT 2013 · 17 Nov 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.
- Ruimin Yan (颜瑞民) — met in 56 rounds, finished ahead 49 times
- Zijian Cai (蔡子健) — met in 56 rounds, finished ahead twice
- Yusheng Du (杜宇生) — met in 51 rounds, finished ahead 8 times
Next targets
- A sub-20 4×4 single — 42 people have one; it is 4.17 away.
- A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 1.26 away.
Targets move as he improves.