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Shi Cheng (程实)

3×3 · top 14.1% of 284,439 all-time · competing since June 2017 · 2017CHES03

Shi Cheng (程实) has been competing for 9 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 12.05, set at Tianjin Open 2024, puts him in the top 14.1% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 5,544th in China. Across 13 competitions since June 2017, he has put 150 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 62% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 38.63 in June 2017 to 12.05, a 69% improvement. Shi has entered 13 competitions, more competitions than 94% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 14.1% of 284,439 all-time
12.05
signature single · Tianjin Open 2024
150
official solves on the record
12%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 62% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChina
3×312.0516.42
top 14.1%5,544 / 28,153
Skewb6.2023.23
top 27.3%1,689 / 5,004
4×454.811:00.05
top 30.5%3,105 / 5,926
2×24.735.88
top 35.9%6,190 / 15,796
Pyraminx9.2913.85
top 47.3%5,010 / 10,224
3×3 blindfolded4:04.80
early days — 2 solves948 / 1,183

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

Beijing Open 2017: 38.63Beijing Ten Years Open 2017: 30.95Beijing Open 2018: 21.62Beijing Summer 2018: 27.42China Championship 2018: 26.89Beijing Winter 2018: 23.05Beijing Summer 2019: 25.69Shijiazhuang Open 2019: 24.43Beijing Winter 2019: 20.37Tianjin Open 2024: 12.05Beijing Winter 2025: 17.30Beijing Only 3x3 2025: 15.7512.0538.6324 Jun 201723 Nov 2025

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-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 0.05 away.
  • A sub-6 Skewb single — 18,841 people have one; it is 0.20 away.

Targets move as he improves.