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Shanshan Wang (王姗姗)

3×3 · top 8.6% of 284,439 all-time · competing since October 2015 · 2015WANG78

Shanshan Wang (王姗姗) has been competing for 11 years. Her best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 10.39, set at Lishui University Open 2018, puts her in the top 8.6% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 3,369th in China. Until February 2007, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 13 competitions since October 2015, she has put 346 official solves on the record across nine events. Solve to solve, her 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one; 61% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. Her 3×3 best has come down from 19.24 in October 2015 to 10.39, a 46% improvement. Shanshan has entered 13 competitions, more competitions than 94% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 8.6% of 284,439 all-time
10.39
signature single · Lishui University Open 2018
346
official solves on the record
13%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 61% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChina
3×310.3912.58
top 8.6%3,369 / 28,153
3×3 one-handed16.9222.02
top 12.4%1,212 / 5,922
4×440.6745.93
top 12.9%1,391 / 5,926
2×23.825.10
top 24.2%4,043 / 15,796
Pyraminx7.358.79
top 30.8%3,382 / 10,224
5×51:42.661:43.71
top 37.3%1,682 / 2,816
Skewb10.7112.63
top 59.2%3,250 / 5,004
Clock23.4426.13
top 73.5%1,565 / 1,843
6×64:48.51
early days — 1 solve1,269 / 1,349

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

China Championship 2015: 19.24Chengdu Open 2016: 14.38Jinhua Open 2016: 15.69Asian Championship 2016: 11.27Nanchang Spring 2017: 12.60Wenzhou Open 2017: 12.08ZUST Open 2017: 12.64China Championship 2017: 12.58Jinhua New Year's Day 2018: 11.00Hangzhou Spring 2018: 10.54Lishui University Open 2018: 10.39Hangzhou Open 2019: 11.33Hangzhou Autumn 2019: 11.3710.3919.242 Oct 20159 Nov 2019

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 her.

Next targets

  • A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 0.39 away.
  • A sub-15 3×3 one-handed single — 5,987 people have one; it is 1.92 away.

Targets move as she improves.