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Jianfei Shan (单剑飞)

3×3 · top 8.4% of 284,439 all-time · competing since April 2017 · 2017SHAN05

Jianfei Shan (单剑飞) has been competing for 9 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 10.30, set at Xuzhou Autumn 2024, puts him in the top 8.4% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 3,280th in China. Until May 2007, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 14 competitions since April 2017, he has put 497 official solves on the record across 13 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, steadier than 92% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 15.08 in April 2017 to 10.30, a 32% improvement. Jianfei has entered 14 competitions, more competitions than 95% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 8.4% of 284,439 all-time
10.30
signature single · Xuzhou Autumn 2024
497
official solves on the record
11%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 92% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChina
3×310.3011.92
top 8.4%3,280 / 28,153
3×3 one-handed17.0523.02
top 12.7%1,249 / 5,922
2×22.985.15
top 14.0%2,191 / 15,796
Skewb4.517.04
top 14.5%891 / 5,004
Pyraminx5.267.80
top 14.8%1,747 / 10,224
4×442.6147.88
top 15.2%1,651 / 5,926
Megaminx1:35.831:44.95
top 31.9%948 / 1,678
5×51:36.391:45.18
top 32.6%1,474 / 2,816
Square-126.9344.31
top 43.3%745 / 1,362
6×63:31.58
early days — 2 solves1,025 / 1,349
7×75:30.80
early days — 3 solves1,006 / 1,261
3×3 Fewest Moves49 moves
early days — 1 solve892 / 1,058
Clock26.89
early days — 3 solves1,652 / 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

Nanjing Spring 2017: 15.08Yangzhou Open 2017: 14.19Zhenjiang Open 2017: 12.83Nanjing Spring 2018: 12.70Wuhu Open 2018: 11.18Hefei Spring 2019: 13.47Yancheng Spring 2019: 12.58Wuhu Open 2019: 12.26Hefei Summer 2019: 12.04China Championship 2019: 11.85Nanjing Autumn 2019: 11.20Xuzhou Open 2024: 11.63Xuzhou Autumn 2024: 10.3010.3015.0830 Apr 201721 Sep 2024

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.

Next targets

  • A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 0.30 away.
  • A sub-15 3×3 one-handed single — 5,987 people have one; it is 2.05 away.

Targets move as he improves.