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Shengjun Yang (杨胜军)

3×3 · top 4.5% of 284,439 all-time · competing since July 2014 · 2014YANG22

Shengjun Yang (杨胜军) has been competing for 12 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.86, set at Beijing Only 3x3 2025, puts him in the top 4.5% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,735th in China. Until May 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 12 competitions since July 2014, he has put 488 official solves on the record across twelve events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 10% around a typical one, steadier than 97% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 12.76 in July 2014 to 8.86, a 31% improvement. Shengjun has entered twelve competitions, more competitions than 94% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 4.5% of 284,439 all-time
8.86
signature single · Beijing Only 3x3 2025
488
official solves on the record
10%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 97% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChina
3×38.8610.38
top 4.5%1,735 / 28,153
4×436.2146.24
top 7.9%818 / 5,926
3×3 one-handed16.2519.88
top 10.8%1,055 / 5,922
Skewb4.557.40
top 14.8%913 / 5,004
2×23.274.77
top 17.4%2,812 / 15,796
Megaminx1:19.661:27.06
top 21.5%649 / 1,678
Pyraminx6.358.47
top 22.6%2,582 / 10,224
5×51:32.131:38.67
top 29.1%1,318 / 2,816
6×63:10.883:21.59
early days — 3 solves899 / 1,349
7×75:20.81
early days — 1 solve979 / 1,261
Square-138.2242.24
top 63.1%1,054 / 1,362
3×3 Fewest Moves50 moves53.00
early days — 3 solves916 / 1,058

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

Nantong Open 2014: 12.76Jinan Open 2017: 11.52Qingdao Open 2018: 9.83Xuzhou Open 2018: 10.06Nanning Open 2018: 10.98Qianjiang Summer Open 2018: 10.20China Championship 2018: 11.18Xuzhou Spring 2019: 10.16China Championship 2019: 9.34Shandong Open 2019: 11.26Beijing Only 3x3 2025: 8.86Start of Summer Beijing 2026: 9.308.8612.7619 Jul 20141 May 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-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.86 away.
  • A sub-30 4×4 single — 2,388 people have one; it is 6.21 away.

Targets move as he improves.