People · China
Shangwen Li (李尚文)
4×4 · top 0.85% of 83,917 all-time · competing since December 2018 · 2018LISH14
Shangwen Li (李尚文) has been competing for 8 years. His best event is the 4×4: a personal-best single of 25.54, set at Tianjin Open 2024, puts him in the top 0.85% of the 83,917 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 78th in China. Until June 2013, no official 4×4 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 5 competitions since December 2018, he has put 160 official solves on the record across eight events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 74% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 8.76 in December 2018 to 7.51, a 14% improvement. Shangwen has entered five competitions, more competitions than 83% 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 | 25.54 | 29.25 | top 0.85% | 78 / 5,926 | |
| 3×3 | 7.51 | 8.05 | top 2.0% | 709 / 28,153 | |
| Pyraminx | 3.20 | 4.54 | top 4.3% | 525 / 10,224 | |
| 2×2 | 2.11 | 3.85 | top 5.5% | 770 / 15,796 | |
| 5×5 | 1:02.78 | 1:10.75 | top 7.1% | 333 / 2,816 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 16.38 | 18.45 | top 11.1% | 1,082 / 5,922 | |
| 6×6 | 2:10.92 | 2:17.63 | early days — 3 solves | 342 / 1,349 | |
| 7×7 | 3:23.45 | 3:25.52 | early days — 3 solves | 369 / 1,261 |
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
- 1 Jun 2024Four personal bests in one day at Tianjin Open 2024.
- 21 Jul 2019Three personal bests in one day at Heze Open 2019.
- 1 Dec 2018First competition: Zibo Open 2018. A 10.07 3×3 single to start from.
- 1 Dec 2018First sub-10 3×3: 8.76 at Zibo Open 2018.
Competitions
- Beijing Summer 2025 · 17 May 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Tianjin Open 2024 · 1 Jun 2024 — 4 personal bests set
- Heze Open 2019 · 21 Jul 2019 — 3 personal bests set
- Hefei Summer 2019 · 22 Jun 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Zibo Open 2018 · 1 Dec 2018 — 2 personal bests set
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.
- Xinyun Chen (陈新运) — met in 17 rounds, finished ahead 11 times
- Sheng Cao (曹晟) — met in 16 rounds, finished ahead 6 times
- Fangrui Zeng (曾方锐) — met in 14 rounds, finished ahead 10 times
Next targets
- A sub-25 4×4 single — 588 people have one; it is 0.54 away.
- A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 1.51 away.
Targets move as he improves.