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Shanglin Ye

2×2 · top 2.0% of 186,767 all-time · competing since February 2013 · 2013YESH01

Shanglin Ye has been competing for 14 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.46, set at Championnat Canadien 2025, puts him in the top 2.0% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 126th in Canada. Until November 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 70 competitions since February 2013, he has put 1,946 official solves on the record across 13 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, steadier than 53% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 21.72 in February 2013 to 8.47, a 61% improvement. Shanglin has entered 70 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 2.0% of 186,767 all-time
1.46
signature single · Championnat Canadien 2025
1,946
official solves on the record
13%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 53% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingCanada
2×21.463.05
top 2.0%126 / 7,173
3×38.4710.03
top 3.7%354 / 10,392
4×431.6834.69
top 3.9%90 / 3,118
5×51:03.691:15.20
top 7.6%89 / 1,499
Megaminx1:01.761:06.66
top 10.9%98 / 1,375
Pyraminx4.876.81
top 12.4%469 / 4,858
3×3 one-handed17.4620.67
top 13.7%294 / 2,620
Clock8.7110.51
top 18.5%153 / 1,029
6×62:16.992:25.78
top 18.9%90 / 665
Skewb6.007.04
top 25.7%620 / 2,907
7×74:10.394:21.43
early days — 3 solves139 / 503
Square-130.7042.94
top 50.6%442 / 952
3×3 blindfolded4:29.56—
early days — 1 solve259 / 351

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

Toronto Open Winter 2013: 21.72Canadian Open 2013: 15.13Battle of Waterloo 2013: 13.46Toronto Open Spring 2014: 13.59Battle of Waterloo 2014: 11.90CanadianCUBING Fifty 2014: 13.21Toronto Open Summer 2014: 12.96Toronto Open Fall 2014: 13.46Toronto Open Winter 2015: 14.60Toronto Open Fall 2015: 9.74Toronto Limited Spring 2016: 11.43Newmarket Open 2016: 11.20Toronto Limited Fall 2016: 10.51London Limited Spring 2017: 9.84National Capital Region 2017: 9.92Battle of Waterloo 2017: 10.37Oakville Limited Fall 2017: 8.91Oakville Limited Winter 2018: 11.00Pickering Spring 2018: 9.79National Capital Region 2018: 8.55Battle of Waterloo 2018: 10.47Bay Area Speedcubin' 12 2018: 10.52Berkeley Fall 2018: 11.94Ajax Winter 2019: 11.13Return to Toronto 2019: 10.988 Wing Limited 2019: 9.66Newmarket Open 2019: 9.23Canadian Championship 2019: 9.97Cubing in the 6ix 2019: 9.20Battle of Waterloo 2019: 9.97Leap to Barrie 2020: 10.16Open de Montréal 2022: 10.59Rubik's WCA North American Championship 2022: 10.15Battle of Waterloo 2022: 8.52Ajax NxNxN 2022: 10.31Oakville Fall A 2022: 10.67Appleby Winter B 2023: 10.09Pickering A 2023: 10.37National Capital Region A 2023: 9.51Southern Ontario Summer - Waterloo 2023: 10.20Canadian Championship 2023: 9.04Ajax 3x3x3 Evening 2023: 10.33Waterloo Favourites Fall 2023: 10.03Scarborough Fall A 2023: 9.97Pickering Favourites Autumn 2023: 9.54Kingston Winter 2024: 9.34Greater Toronto 2024: 10.49Thornhill Spring 2024: 9.46Battle of Waterloo 2024: 8.73Ontario Championship 2024: 10.21Pickering Mini Afternoon 2024: 8.63Pickering Favourites Autumn 2024: 8.47Waterloo Winter 2025: 8.93Western Ontario Winter 2025: 8.48Pickering Favourites Spring 2025: 10.90Pickering NxNxN Summer 2025: 11.54Rubik's WCA World Championship 2025: 10.02Championnat Canadien 2025: 8.80Pickering Favourites Fall 2025: 9.60Kawartha Fall 2025: 10.00Pickering NxNxN Winter 2026: 9.56Western Ontario Winter 2026: 9.80Pickering Mini Afternoon 2026: 9.98Wasaga Beach Spring 2026: 9.84Pickering Favourites Summer 2026: 11.28Rubik's WCA North American Championship 2026: 9.468.4721.7216 Feb 20132 Jul 2026

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.

  • Jonathan Esparaz — met in 239 rounds, finished ahead 10 times
  • Brennen Lin — met in 208 rounds, finished ahead 43 times
  • Ryan Wu — met in 170 rounds, finished ahead 24 times

Next targets

  • A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.46 away.
  • A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.47 away.

Targets move as he improves.