People · United States
Steven Shi
Pyraminx · top 2.8% of 130,891 all-time · competing since August 2023 · 2023SHIS01
Steven Shi has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 2.72, set at Wichita Family ArtVenture 2024, puts him in the top 2.8% of the 130,891 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 744th in the United States. Until October 2010, no official Pyraminx solve in the world had been that fast. Across 9 competitions since August 2023, he has put 375 official solves on the record across 13 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 68% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 13.72 in August 2023 to 9.08, a 34% improvement. Steven has entered nine competitions, more competitions than 91% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pyraminx | 2.72 | 5.43 | top 2.8% | 744 / 29,168 | |
| 3×3 | 9.08 | 11.19 | top 5.1% | 2,883 / 60,666 | |
| 2×2 | 2.22 | 2.98 | top 6.4% | 2,587 / 41,674 | |
| Clock | 8.27 | 9.86 | top 16.4% | 1,275 / 9,172 | |
| Skewb | 5.92 | 7.13 | top 25.2% | 4,133 / 19,164 | |
| 4×4 | 51.78 | 52.65 | top 27.0% | 4,206 / 19,354 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 24.49 | 27.87 | top 32.9% | 4,363 / 15,900 | |
| Megaminx | 1:50.79 | 2:07.44 | top 40.9% | 3,044 / 8,026 | |
| 3×3 Fewest Moves | 39 moves | — | early days — 2 solves | 982 / 2,059 | |
| 5×5 | 2:09.16 | 2:44.76 | top 55.1% | 4,722 / 9,537 | |
| Square-1 | 49.63 | 1:16.75 | top 75.8% | 5,080 / 6,846 | |
| 3×3 blindfolded | 5:01.88 | — | early days — 1 solve | 1,674 / 2,128 | |
| 7×7 | 8:30.27 | — | early days — 1 solve | 3,003 / 3,236 |
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
- 6 Jun 2025Four personal bests in one day at Kansas Championship 2025.
- 22 Mar 2025Four personal bests in one day at Wichita Art Museum 2025.
- 3 May 2024Six personal bests in one day at Kansas Championship 2024.
- 2 Mar 2024First sub-10 3×3: 9.57 at Wichita Family ArtVenture 2024.
- 2 Mar 2024Four personal bests in one day at Wichita Family ArtVenture 2024.
- 5 Aug 2023First competition: Air Capital Cubing Summer 2023. A 13.76 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Wichita Art Museum 2026 · 28 Feb 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Kansas Championship 2025 · 6 Jun 2025 — 4 personal bests set
- Wichita Art Museum 2025 · 22 Mar 2025 — 4 personal bests set
- Council Bluffs Cubing Buff 2024 · 26 May 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Cornhusker Quiet Classic 2024 · 25 May 2024
- Kansas Championship 2024 · 3 May 2024 — 6 personal bests set
- Wichita Family ArtVenture 2024 · 2 Mar 2024 — 4 personal bests set
- Kansas Holiday Cube-Off AM 2023 · 2 Dec 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Air Capital Cubing Summer 2023 · 5 Aug 2023 — 1 personal best set
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.
- Lydia Workman — met in 61 rounds, finished ahead 31 times
- Liam O'Leary — met in 60 rounds, finished ahead 32 times
- Ryan Pilat — met in 58 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-2 Pyraminx single — 1,497 people have one; it is 0.72 away.
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 8,101 people have one; it is 1.08 away.
Targets move as he improves.