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Shujie Fang (方述杰)

2×2 · top 1.2% of 186,767 all-time · competing since July 2011 · 2011FANG02

Shujie Fang (方述杰) has been competing for 15 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.24, set at Xi'an Cherry Blossom 2017, puts him in the top 1.2% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 128th in China. Until November 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 30 competitions since July 2011, he has put 1,596 official solves on the record across 14 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 70% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 14.86 in July 2011 to 7.42, a 50% improvement. Shujie has entered 30 competitions, more competitions than 98% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 1.2% of 186,767 all-time
1.24
signature single · Xi'an Cherry Blossom 2017
1,596
official solves on the record
12%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 70% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChina
2×21.242.19
top 1.2%128 / 15,796
3×37.429.14
top 1.9%661 / 28,153
3×3 one-handed11.0314.41
top 1.9%157 / 5,922
4×434.9739.41
top 6.7%667 / 5,926
Pyraminx4.406.23
top 9.7%1,145 / 10,224
5×51:08.371:18.54
top 10.5%520 / 2,816
Skewb4.166.04
top 12.0%714 / 5,004
7×73:13.613:35.25
top 14.4%286 / 1,261
Megaminx1:10.201:22.62
top 15.7%464 / 1,678
6×62:17.582:31.34
top 19.3%427 / 1,349
Square-117.4021.03
top 21.8%354 / 1,362
3×3 Fewest Moves34 moves37.67
top 26.7%289 / 1,058
Clock15.2415.94
top 48.9%1,154 / 1,843
3×3 blindfolded7:45.08—
early days — 1 solve1,163 / 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

Xiamen Open 2011: 14.86Fuzhou Open 2013: 9.49Fuzhou Open 2014: 10.40Suzhou Open 2014: 10.65Cross-strait Cubing Exchange 2014: 11.62Hangzhou Winter Open 2014: 10.05AnHui University Open 2015: 9.57Nanjing Spring 2015: 9.72China Championship 2015: 9.79Nanjing Autumn 2015: 8.96Zhenjiang Open 2015: 9.20Shanghai Spring 2016: 10.16Suzhou Open 2016: 9.39Asian Championship 2016: 7.42Nanjing Autumn 2016: 8.82Shanghai Winter is Coming 2016: 8.32Hangzhou Autumn 2016: 8.58Xi'an New Year 2017: 8.92Shanghai Spring 2017: 7.82ZUA Open 2017: 8.64Xi'an Cherry Blossom 2017: 8.15Nanjing Spring 2017: 8.49ZUST Open 2017: 8.74HDU Open 2017: 8.62Dalian Winter 2017: 7.64Shanghai Winter 2018: 8.25Kunshan Open 2018: 8.06Nanjing Spring 2018: 9.52Fuzhou Open 2018: 9.54Fuzhou Spring 2019: 8.237.4214.8616 Jul 201124 Mar 2019

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-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.24 away.
  • A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 1.42 away.

Targets move as he improves.