People · China
Shanyue Zhang (张善越)
3×3 · top 0.95% of 284,439 all-time · competing since August 2025 · 2025ZHAS02
Shanyue Zhang (张善越) has been competing for a year. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 6.61, set at Beijing Autumn Begins 2026, puts him in the top 0.95% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 348th in China. Until May 2011, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 3 competitions since August 2025, he has put 82 official solves on the record across five events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, an early reading from 9 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 7.67 in August 2025 to 6.61, a 14% improvement. Shanyue has entered three competitions, more competitions than 69% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | China | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 6.61 | 7.69 | top 0.95% | 348 / 28,153 | |
| Pyraminx | 4.01 | 8.28 | top 7.7% | 910 / 10,224 | |
| 2×2 | 2.44 | 3.39 | top 8.3% | 1,218 / 15,796 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 25.88 | — | early days — 2 solves | 3,432 / 5,922 | |
| Skewb | 8.24 | 10.14 | top 43.1% | 2,536 / 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
- 6 Feb 2026Three personal bests in one day at Guangdong Open - Revival & Rival 2026.
- 24 Aug 2025First competition: Jiangmen Open 2025. A 7.67 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Beijing Autumn Begins 2026 · 22 Aug 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Guangdong Open - Revival & Rival 2026 · 6 Feb 2026 — 3 personal bests set
- Jiangmen Open 2025 · 24 Aug 2025
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.
- Yechen Yan (颜叶辰) — met in 15 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
- Shuda Huang (黄黍达) — met in 15 rounds, never finished ahead
- Hansen Yu (余翰森) — met in 13 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 0.61 away.
- A sub-4 Pyraminx single — 9,892 people have one; it is 0.01 away.
Targets move as he improves.