People · United States
Simon Shi
3×3 · top 42.1% of 284,439 all-time · competing since January 2012 · 2012SHIS01
Simon Shi has been competing for 15 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 20.78, set at Oregon Championship 2023, puts him in the top 42.1% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 24,079th in the United States. Across 3 competitions since January 2012, he has put 33 official solves on the record across seven events. His 3×3 best has come down from 23.90 in January 2012 to 20.78, a 13% improvement. Simon has entered three competitions, more competitions than 69% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 20.78 | 24.98 | top 42.1% | 24,079 / 59,724 | |
| 2×2 | 6.44 | 10.58 | top 55.4% | 22,649 / 40,951 | |
| 5×5 | 2:57.96 | — | early days — 2 solves | 6,987 / 9,401 | |
| Pyraminx | 14.21 | 23.21 | top 78.7% | 23,302 / 28,708 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 54.91 | 1:21.74 | top 80.7% | 11,973 / 15,683 | |
| 4×4 | 2:16.77 | — | early days — 2 solves | 16,735 / 19,072 | |
| Clock | 41.42 | — | early days — 2 solves | 8,430 / 8,927 |
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
- 21 Jan 2012First competition: River Hill Winter 2012. A 23.90 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Oregon Championship 2023 · 1 Sep 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Gobbler Cube Day Winter 2019 · 19 Jan 2019 — 1 personal best set
- River Hill Winter 2012 · 21 Jan 2012
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.
- Corey Sakowski — met in 7 rounds, never finished ahead
- Terra Hickman — met in 6 rounds, finished ahead twice
- Lee Thielemier — met in 6 rounds, finished ahead once
Next targets
- A sub-20 3×3 single — 113,584 people have one; it is 0.78 away.
- A sub-6 2×2 single — 95,042 people have one; it is 0.44 away.
Targets move as he improves.