People · China
Shenye Zhang (张沈业)
3×3 · top 1.9% of 284,439 all-time · competing since April 2024 · 2024ZHAN60
Shenye Zhang (张沈业) has been competing for 2 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 7.47, set at Shanghai Summer 2026, puts him in the top 1.9% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 685th in China. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 8 competitions since April 2024, he has put 121 official solves on the record across five events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, steadier than 58% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 25.51 in April 2024 to 7.47, a 71% improvement. Shenye has entered eight competitions, more competitions than 90% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | China | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 7.47 | 8.99 | top 1.9% | 685 / 28,153 | |
| 2×2 | 2.37 | 3.00 | top 7.7% | 1,107 / 15,796 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 24.35 | 27.47 | top 32.5% | 3,132 / 5,922 | |
| Pyraminx | 8.58 | 11.26 | top 41.2% | 4,431 / 10,224 | |
| 4×4 | 1:25.49 | — | early days — 1 solve | 5,038 / 5,926 |
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
- 10 Aug 2025First sub-10 3×3: 9.87 at Zibo Open 2025.
- 26 Jul 2025First sub-15 3×3: 10.14 at Taizhou Open 2025.
- 24 Aug 2024First sub-20 3×3: 17.60 at Deqing Big Cubes Summer 2024.
- 21 Apr 2024First competition: Nanchang Spring 2024. A 25.51 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Shanghai Summer 2026 · 1 Aug 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Deqing Small & Special 2026 · 26 Apr 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Hangzhou Winter 2025 · 29 Nov 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Zibo Open 2025 · 10 Aug 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Taizhou Open 2025 · 26 Jul 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Hangzhou Open 2024 · 15 Dec 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Deqing Big Cubes Summer 2024 · 24 Aug 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Nanchang Spring 2024 · 21 Apr 2024
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.
- Yiheng Wang (王艺衡) — met in 20 rounds, never finished ahead
- Jiashun Wu (吴嘉顺) — met in 19 rounds, finished ahead 10 times
- Yechen Yan (颜叶辰) — met in 19 rounds, finished ahead twice
Next targets
- A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 1.47 away.
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.37 away.
Targets move as he improves.