People · China
Tantian Shen (沈谈天)
2×2 · top 3.3% of 186,767 all-time · competing since July 2018 · 2018SHEN31
Tantian Shen (沈谈天) has been competing for 8 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.75, set at Suzhou Open 2019, puts him in the top 3.3% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 432nd in China. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 13 competitions since July 2018, he has put 322 official solves on the record across eleven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 70% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 2×2 best has come down from 4.35 in July 2018 to 1.75, a 60% improvement. Tantian has entered 13 competitions, more competitions than 94% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | China | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 1.75 | 3.31 | top 3.3% | 432 / 15,796 | |
| Pyraminx | 4.40 | 7.64 | top 9.7% | 1,145 / 10,224 | |
| Clock | 6.84 | 7.74 | top 10.3% | 226 / 1,843 | |
| 3×3 | 11.45 | 13.88 | top 12.0% | 4,723 / 28,153 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 25.49 | 29.29 | top 35.5% | 3,367 / 5,922 | |
| Skewb | 7.31 | 11.66 | top 36.1% | 2,177 / 5,004 | |
| 4×4 | 1:02.69 | — | top 39.3% | 3,819 / 5,926 | |
| 3×3 blindfolded | 2:18.56 | — | top 39.5% | 575 / 1,183 | |
| 5×5 | 2:05.32 | — | early days — 2 solves | 2,167 / 2,816 | |
| 3×3 Fewest Moves | 49 moves | — | early days — 1 solve | 892 / 1,058 | |
| 3×3 Multi-Blind | 2 of 3 cubes · 24:20 | — | early days — 1 solve | 240 / 278 |
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, 2×2. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 26 Jul 2019Three personal bests in one day at China Championship 2019.
- 13 Jul 2019Six personal bests in one day at Huzhou Open 2019.
- 1 May 2019Four personal bests in one day at Xuzhou Spring 2019.
- 6 Apr 2019First sub-15 3×3: 14.13 at Weihai Open 2019.
- 30 Dec 2018Three personal bests in one day at SJTU Winter Open 2018.
- 20 Oct 2018First sub-20 3×3: 19.25 at Wuxi Autumn 2018.
Competitions
- Shandong Open 2019 · 4 Oct 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Xi'an 10th Anniversary 2019 · 24 Aug 2019
- Wuxi Open 2019 · 10 Aug 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Suzhou Open 2019 · 4 Aug 2019 — 1 personal best set
- China Championship 2019 · 26 Jul 2019 — 3 personal bests set
- Huzhou Open 2019 · 13 Jul 2019 — 6 personal bests set
- Xuzhou Spring 2019 · 1 May 2019 — 4 personal bests set
- Weihai Open 2019 · 6 Apr 2019 — 1 personal best set
- SJTU Winter Open 2018 · 30 Dec 2018 — 3 personal bests set
- Wuxi Autumn 2018 · 20 Oct 2018 — 2 personal bests set
- China Championship 2018 · 2 Oct 2018 — 4 personal bests set
- Hefei Summer 2018 · 14 Jul 2018 — 1 personal best set
- Nanchang Medium & Small Cubes 2018 · 8 Jul 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.
- Xingkai Yin (尹星凯) — met in 56 rounds, finished ahead 8 times
- Sicheng Gu (顾思成) — met in 42 rounds, finished ahead 5 times
- Yunliang Zhang (张赟量) — met in 37 rounds, finished ahead 5 times
Next targets
- A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.75 away.
- A sub-4 Pyraminx single — 9,892 people have one; it is 0.40 away.
Targets move as he improves.