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Shuchang Ying (应舒畅)

3×3 · top 1.6% of 284,439 all-time · competing since November 2016 · 2016YING06

Shuchang Ying (应舒畅) has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 7.22, set at Xi'an Cherry Blossom 2025, puts him in the top 1.6% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 570th in China. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 6 competitions since November 2016, he has put 168 official solves on the record across nine events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one; 83% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 10.90 in November 2016 to 7.22, a 34% improvement. Shuchang has entered six competitions, more competitions than 86% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 1.6% of 284,439 all-time
7.22
signature single · Xi'an Cherry Blossom 2025
168
official solves on the record
15%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 83% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChina
3×37.2210.08
top 1.6%570 / 28,153
4×430.7436.31
top 3.3%334 / 5,926
2×21.873.50
top 4.0%530 / 15,796
5×51:00.581:08.33
top 5.8%273 / 2,816
6×62:16.082:24.80
early days — 3 solves405 / 1,349
3×3 one-handed19.9521.17
top 20.3%2,024 / 5,922
7×74:12.96
early days — 1 solve686 / 1,261
Pyraminx9.0912.20
top 45.6%4,852 / 10,224
3×3 blindfolded3:12.91
early days — 2 solves776 / 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

Hangzhou Autumn 2016: 10.90ZUST Open 2017: 10.70Hangzhou Autumn 2019: 7.95Chongqing New Year 2025: 8.54Xi'an Cherry Blossom 2025: 7.227.2210.9019 Nov 20164 Apr 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-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 1.22 away.
  • A sub-30 4×4 single — 2,388 people have one; it is 0.74 away.

Targets move as he improves.