People · China
Shengxiang Cui (崔盛翔)
Skewb · top 7.2% of 73,281 all-time · competing since April 2017 · 2017CUIS01
Shengxiang Cui (崔盛翔) has been competing for 9 years. His best event is the Skewb: a personal-best single of 3.42, set at China Championship 2018, puts him in the top 7.2% of the 73,281 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 404th in China. Until February 2014, no official Skewb solve in the world had been that fast. Across 11 competitions since April 2017, he has put 239 official solves on the record across eight events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 64% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 32.14 in June 2017 to 11.74, a 63% improvement. Shengxiang has entered eleven competitions, more competitions than 93% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | China | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Skewb | 3.42 | 5.99 | top 7.2% | 404 / 5,004 | |
| Pyraminx | 4.01 | 9.54 | top 7.7% | 910 / 10,224 | |
| 3×3 | 11.74 | 13.72 | top 13.0% | 5,127 / 28,153 | |
| 2×2 | 2.98 | 4.23 | top 14.0% | 2,191 / 15,796 | |
| 4×4 | 55.37 | 1:03.77 | top 31.2% | 3,152 / 5,926 | |
| Megaminx | 1:50.65 | 1:57.66 | top 40.7% | 1,157 / 1,678 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 34.08 | 37.20 | top 55.6% | 4,644 / 5,922 | |
| 5×5 | 2:18.76 | 2:21.40 | top 60.3% | 2,375 / 2,816 |
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
- 31 Dec 2018Four personal bests in one day at Beijing Winter 2018.
- 2 Oct 2018Three personal bests in one day at China Championship 2018.
- 30 Apr 2018First sub-15 3×3: 13.30 at Beijing Open 2018.
- 30 Apr 2018Three personal bests in one day at Beijing Open 2018.
- 17 Sep 2017First sub-30 3×3: 19.73 at Beijing Ten Years Open 2017.
- 17 Sep 2017First sub-20 3×3: 19.73 at Beijing Ten Years Open 2017.
Competitions
- Beijing Winter 2019 · 7 Dec 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Beijing Summer 2019 · 7 Jun 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- Peking University Spring 2019 · 21 Apr 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- Beijing Winter 2018 · 31 Dec 2018 — 4 personal bests set
- China Championship 2018 · 2 Oct 2018 — 3 personal bests set
- Beijing Summer 2018 · 29 Jul 2018 — 1 personal best set
- Tianjin Summer Open 2018 · 24 Jun 2018 — 2 personal bests set
- Beijing Open 2018 · 30 Apr 2018 — 3 personal bests set
- Beijing Ten Years Open 2017 · 17 Sep 2017 — 1 personal best set
- Beijing Open 2017 · 24 Jun 2017 — 1 personal best set
- Weihai Open 2017 · 30 Apr 2017
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.
- Chenhao Ma (马晨皓) — met in 47 rounds, never finished ahead
- Yubo Ji (纪宇博) — met in 46 rounds, never finished ahead
- Xiang Meng (孟响) — met in 39 rounds, finished ahead twice
Next targets
- A sub-3 Skewb single — 3,646 people have one; it is 0.42 away.
- A sub-4 Pyraminx single — 9,892 people have one; it is 0.01 away.
Targets move as he improves.