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Shuyang Zhang (张舒洋)

2×2 · top 4.7% of 186,767 all-time · competing since April 2024 · 2024ZHAN47

Shuyang Zhang (张舒洋) has been competing for 2 years. Her best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.99, set at Beijing Winter 2026, puts her in the top 4.7% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 641st in China. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 14 competitions since April 2024, she has put 328 official solves on the record across twelve events. Solve to solve, her 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, steadier than 54% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. Her 3×3 best has come down from 11.78 in April 2024 to 10.15, a 14% improvement. Shuyang has entered 14 competitions, more competitions than 95% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 4.7% of 186,767 all-time
1.99
signature single · Beijing Winter 2026
328
official solves on the record
13%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 54% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChina
2×21.994.13
top 4.7%641 / 15,796
Pyraminx3.645.54
top 6.0%715 / 10,224
3×310.1513.25
top 7.9%3,085 / 28,153
5×51:12.571:22.46
top 13.5%661 / 2,816
4×441.9344.23
top 14.4%1,560 / 5,926
Skewb4.796.59
top 16.6%1,028 / 5,004
Clock9.3911.04
top 21.9%481 / 1,843
7×73:37.113:48.27
top 22.3%447 / 1,261
6×62:26.192:33.67
top 23.7%519 / 1,349
Megaminx1:37.211:51.46
top 32.8%982 / 1,678
3×3 one-handed25.2031.66
top 34.7%3,304 / 5,922
Square-128.4533.64
top 46.5%797 / 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

Shenyang Spring 2024: 11.78Dalian Open 2024: 12.91Harbin Open 2024: 10.15Xi'an New Year 2025: 12.10Shenyang Spring 2025: 13.44Beijing Summer 2025: 13.13Harbin Open 2025: 13.32Beijing Winter 2026: 13.49Start of Summer Beijing 2026: 11.82Shenyang Cubing League 3x3 II 2026: 11.65Wuhu Open 2026: 14.4710.1514.475 Apr 202425 Jul 2026

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 her.

Next targets

  • A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.99 away.
  • A sub-3 Pyraminx single — 4,700 people have one; it is 0.64 away.

Targets move as she improves.