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Sheng Cao (曹晟)

3×3 · top 0.25% of 284,439 all-time · competing since October 2011 · 2011CAOS01

Sheng Cao (曹晟) has been competing for 15 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 5.51, set at Fushun Open 2024, puts him in the top 0.25% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 111th in China. Until April 2015, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 82 competitions since October 2011, he has put 4,811 official solves on the record across 15 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, steadier than 91% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 14.16 in October 2011 to 5.51, a 61% improvement. Sheng has entered 82 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 0.25% of 284,439 all-time
5.51
signature single · Fushun Open 2024
4,811
official solves on the record
11%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 91% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChina
3×35.517.93
top 0.25%111 / 28,153
3×3 one-handed8.3012.62
top 0.27%22 / 5,922
4×424.0827.70
top 0.51%46 / 5,926
5×547.6551.97
top 1.2%44 / 2,816
2×21.311.93
top 1.4%165 / 15,796
Megaminx40.1246.62
top 1.6%33 / 1,678
Pyraminx2.303.70
top 1.7%203 / 10,224
6×61:30.911:39.11
top 2.1%35 / 1,349
7×72:18.352:27.26
top 2.1%36 / 1,261
Skewb2.354.13
top 2.4%124 / 5,004
Clock4.706.34
top 3.7%65 / 1,843
3×3 blindfolded33.5644.37
top 5.1%89 / 1,183
Square-110.1414.78
top 6.3%91 / 1,362
3×3 Fewest Moves35 moves38.67
top 30.0%322 / 1,058
3×3 Multi-Blind4 of 6 cubes · 38:19—
top 78.1%216 / 278

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

ShenYang Open 2011: 14.16Yingkou Open 2013: 9.97Shenyang Open 2013: 9.45Beijing Summer Open 2014: 10.41Shenyang Open 2014: 9.34Xi'an More Coffee 2014: 10.89Xi'an Cherry Blossom 2015: 9.23Hefei Open 2015: 9.13China Championship 2015: 8.88Beijing Open 2015: 8.60Tianjin Winter Open 2015: 9.72Heilongjiang Open 2015: 8.53Xi'an Cherry Blossom 2016: 9.29Shenyang Open 2016: 8.96Tangshan Open 2016: 8.77One Night in Beijing 2016: 8.83Hefei Open 2016: 8.48Yangzhou Open 2016: 9.00Asian Championship 2016: 8.18Tianjin Open 2016: 7.68Shenyang Winter 2016: 8.32Xi'an Cherry Blossom 2017: 8.13Nanjing Spring 2017: 8.37Changsha Xiangmo 2017: 8.43Shenyang Spring 2017: 8.00Luoyang Open 2017: 7.51China Championship 2017: 8.87Inner Mongolia Summer 2017: 8.41China's 10th Anniversary Championship 2017: 8.48Shijiazhuang Open 2017: 8.18Dalian Winter 2017: 8.31Heilongjiang Colleges Open 2017: 7.58Fushun Open 2018: 8.81Inner Mongolia Winter 2018: 7.50Qinhuangdao Open 2018: 8.04Beijing Open 2018: 8.20Dalian Open 2018: 7.15Harbin Open 2018: 8.26Changchun Open 2018: 7.49Shenyang Open 2018: 7.64Beijing Summer 2018: 7.95Shenyang Summer 2018: 7.85China Championship 2018: 6.96Qinhuangdao Winter 2018: 7.57Inner Mongolia Winter 2019: 7.69Dalian Spring 2019: 7.34Shijiazhuang Open 2019: 7.69Heze Open 2019: 7.19China Championship 2019: 7.11Shandong Open 2019: 7.85Tianjin Autumn 2019: 6.27NEU Open 2019: 7.79Harbin Open 2019: 7.77Beijing Spring PM 2021: 7.48Selangor Ace Cube 2023: 7.99Shenyang Open 2023: 7.80Fushun Open 2024: 5.51Shenyang Spring 2024: 7.58Tianjin Open 2024: 7.76Dandong Yalu River Open 2024: 7.23Deqing Big Cubes Summer 2024: 6.22Dalian Open 2024: 7.10Harbin Open 2024: 7.86Zhengzhou Open 2024: 7.12Xi'an Cherry Blossom 2025: 7.45Shenyang Spring 2025: 6.94Beijing Summer 2025: 6.64Harbin Open 2025: 6.81Taizhou Open 2025: 6.73Shenyang Autumn 2025: 8.10Xuzhou Open 2025: 7.26Start of Summer Beijing 2026: 7.36Shenyang Cubing League 3x3 II 2026: 6.81Shenyang Cubing League 3x3 IV 2026: 6.76Jiajiang Open 2026: 6.32Beijing Autumn Begins 2026: 6.855.5114.164 Oct 201122 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-5 3×3 single — 344 people have one; it is 0.51 away.
  • A sub-8 3×3 one-handed single — 151 people have one; it is 0.30 away.

Targets move as he improves.