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Shen Flindell

3×3 blindfolded · top 10.7% of 12,178 all-time · competing since September 2023 · 2023FLIN02

Shen Flindell has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the 3×3 blindfolded: a personal-best single of 52.64, set at Queensland Open 2026, puts him in the top 10.7% of the 12,178 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 53rd in Australia. Across 25 competitions since September 2023, he has put 534 official solves on the record across 17 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 77% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 19.55 in September 2023 to 13.31, a 32% improvement. Shen has entered 25 competitions, more competitions than 98% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3 blindfolded
best event — top 10.7% of 12,178 all-time
52.64
signature single · Queensland Open 2026
534
official solves on the record
14%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 77% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingAustralia
3×3 blindfolded52.641:34.27
top 10.7%53 / 394
3×3 Fewest Moves29 moves35.67
top 12.2%56 / 468
Clock7.709.63
top 13.8%155 / 1,095
3×313.3116.32
top 18.5%1,660 / 11,709
3×3 one-handed19.3723.61
top 18.8%420 / 2,659
4×450.0753.57
top 24.8%622 / 3,051
5×51:26.891:36.92
top 24.9%335 / 1,356
6×62:32.152:49.66
top 26.7%159 / 641
Megaminx1:28.561:43.91
top 27.3%342 / 1,277
7×74:00.824:13.83
top 31.0%143 / 523
4×4 blindfolded7:09.93—
top 37.9%33 / 96
5×5 blindfolded14:17.00—
early days — 1 solve19 / 51
2×25.017.10
top 39.4%3,117 / 8,567
3×3 Multi-Blind7 of 9 cubes · 52:18—
early days — 3 solves72 / 180
Pyraminx8.859.80
top 43.5%2,389 / 5,993
Skewb8.459.94
top 44.6%1,389 / 3,534
Square-132.6034.61
top 54.4%533 / 899

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

Australian Nationals 2023: 19.55QUT Qube Challenge Sunday 2023: 14.44Cubing in Corinda Sunday 2024: 16.81Wide Bay Cubing 2024: 18.93Queensland Open 2024: 17.46MarsdeNxN 2024: 15.16Speedy Southport 2024: 14.13Brisbane Summer 2025: 14.02QLD State Championship 2025: 15.58Australian Nationals 2025: 18.15Speedy Southport 2025: 13.60Cube Against Cancer Brisbane 2026: 15.57Wide Bay Cubing 2026: 13.31Queensland Open 2026: 13.8113.3119.5528 Sep 202327 Jun 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-50 3×3 blindfolded single — 1,207 people have one; it is 2.64 away.
  • A sub-6 Clock single — 2,324 people have one; it is 1.70 away.

Targets move as he improves.