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Shawn Lee Zhi Xuan (李致轩)

3×3 Fewest Moves · top 0.17% of 12,294 all-time · competing since June 2017 · 2017XUAN03

Shawn Lee Zhi Xuan (李致轩) has been competing for 9 years. His best event is the 3×3 Fewest Moves: a personal-best single of 18 moves, set at Rhein-Neckar Complete Breakdown 2025, puts him in the top 0.17% of the 12,294 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1st in Malaysia. Across 48 competitions since June 2017, he has put 2,189 official solves on the record across 17 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, steadier than 83% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 15.83 in June 2017 to 6.20, a 61% improvement. Shawn has entered 48 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3 Fewest Moves
best event — top 0.17% of 12,294 all-time
18 moves
signature single · Rhein-Neckar Complete Breakdown 2025
2,189
official solves on the record
11%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 83% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingMalaysia
3×3 Fewest Moves18 moves22.00
top 0.17%1 / 112
3×36.207.69
top 0.62%22 / 3,773
3×3 one-handed9.5413.50
top 0.77%8 / 1,327
4×426.7933.30
top 1.3%22 / 1,219
2×21.442.32
top 1.9%43 / 2,541
Skewb2.404.94
top 2.5%26 / 1,053
5×556.381:02.90
top 3.9%33 / 617
Pyraminx3.094.36
top 3.9%72 / 1,723
Megaminx56.101:03.75
top 7.9%63 / 518
3×3 blindfolded47.921:22.25
top 9.2%14 / 169
6×62:04.952:10.54
top 13.2%47 / 232
7×73:10.523:22.31
top 13.5%38 / 188
3×3 Multi-Blind11 of 12 cubes · 45:07—
top 15.8%7 / 48
Square-114.7922.16
top 15.9%67 / 364
Clock8.4411.62
top 17.3%75 / 406
4×4 blindfolded4:39.384:53.58
top 19.5%9 / 31
5×5 blindfolded15:59.00—
top 45.3%7 / 14

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

Foon Yew Open 2017: 15.83MYCA Cube Day 2017: 15.06Malaysia Cube Open 2017: 12.67Putra Speedcubing Challenge 2018: 12.72Unikl MFI Open 2018: 9.46Malaysia Cube Championship 2018: 10.22STEM Cube Open Kuala Lumpur 2019: 10.07Putra Speedcubing Challenge 2019: 8.84Malaysia 10th Anniversary Cube Open 2019: 7.58Malaysia Cube Championship 2019: 7.81Selangor Cube Open 2019: 8.72YJ Malaysia Cube Open 2022: 7.66Beaconhouse Malaysia Cube Open 2022: 7.94Malaysia Cube Championship 2022: 7.79Selangor Ace Cube 2023: 7.86Beaconhouse Malaysia Cube Open 2023: 8.00Malaysia Cube Championship 2023: 7.70UoSM Cube Open 2024: 7.85Rubik's WCA European Championship 2024: 7.35Leersum Algs 24 Hours in 2024: 7.06Rubik's German Nationals 2024: 6.72Franconia Christmas A 2024: 6.38Aachen Open 2025: 6.20Mainzelcubing 2025: 7.08Rheinland-Pfalz Open 2025: 7.21Berlin Summer Open 2025: 7.18Rubik's German Nationals 2025: 7.20c't Open Hannover 2025: 6.90Franconia Christmas 2025: 6.91Braunschweig Open 2026: 7.29Rubik's WCA European Championship 2026: 7.47Rubik's German Nationals 2026: 7.266.2015.8311 Jun 201728 Aug 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.

Next targets

  • A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 0.20 away.
  • A sub-8 3×3 one-handed single — 151 people have one; it is 1.54 away.

Targets move as he improves.