People · China
Shuyang Chen (陈舒扬)
Pyraminx · top 5.3% of 129,321 all-time · competing since May 2018 · 2018CHEN87
Shuyang Chen (陈舒扬) has been competing for 8 years. His best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 3.47, set at Kanto Spring 2025, puts him in the top 5.3% of the 129,321 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 639th in China. Until February 2008, no official Pyraminx solve in the world had been that fast. Across 11 competitions since May 2018, he has put 163 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 10% around a typical one, steadier than 95% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 16.20 in May 2018 to 9.60, a 41% improvement. Shuyang 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pyraminx | 3.47 | 4.91 | top 5.3% | 639 / 10,224 | |
| 3×3 | 9.60 | 10.50 | top 6.4% | 2,464 / 28,153 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 14.91 | 17.72 | top 8.0% | 771 / 5,922 | |
| 2×2 | 3.51 | 4.26 | top 20.3% | 3,336 / 15,796 | |
| Clock | 12.27 | — | early days — 3 solves | 868 / 1,843 | |
| Square-1 | 23.80 | 27.45 | top 36.4% | 614 / 1,362 |
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
- 16 Feb 2025First sub-10 3×3: 9.60 at Tokyo Open PM Winter 2025.
- 19 Jan 2020Three personal bests in one day at Jieyang Winter 2020.
- 26 Jul 2019First sub-15 3×3: 14.22 at China Championship 2019.
- 26 Jul 2019Five personal bests in one day at China Championship 2019.
- 12 May 2018First competition: Fujian Championship 2018. A 16.20 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Kanto Summer 2026 · 29 Aug 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Tokyo Autumn 2025 · 23 Sep 2025
- Kanto Spring 2025 · 31 May 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Tokyo Spring PM 2025 · 20 Apr 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Tokyo Open PM Winter 2025 · 16 Feb 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Shonan PM 2024 · 7 Dec 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Jieyang Winter 2020 · 19 Jan 2020 — 3 personal bests set
- Nanjing Autumn 2019 · 3 Nov 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- China Championship 2019 · 26 Jul 2019 — 5 personal bests set
- Quanzhou Open 2018 · 16 Sep 2018 — 2 personal bests set
- Fujian Championship 2018 · 12 May 2018
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.
- Takumi Kato (加藤匠) — met in 16 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
- Xusheng Hong (洪旭升) — met in 15 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
- Ao Nogami (野上碧) — met in 15 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-3 Pyraminx single — 4,700 people have one; it is 0.47 away.
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.60 away.
Targets move as he improves.