People · China
Xian Shi (石宪)
3×3 · top 2.7% of 288,433 all-time · competing since March 2025 · 2025SHIX01
Xian Shi (石宪) has been competing for a year. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 7.92, set at Xuzhou Open 2025, puts him in the top 2.7% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 980th in China. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 4 competitions since March 2025, he has put 42 official solves on the record across three events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, an early reading from 7 counted rounds. That figure sets aside his 3 DNFs. His 3×3 best has come down from 9.66 in March 2025 to 7.92, an 18% improvement. Xian has entered four competitions, more competitions than 78% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | China | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 7.92 | 9.27 | top 2.7% | 980 / 28,499 | |
| 2×2 | 4.25 | 7.21 | top 29.8% | 5,146 / 15,939 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 26.25 | 30.23 | top 37.6% | 3,566 / 5,994 |
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
- 30 Mar 2025First competition: Xuzhou Newcomers 2025. A 9.66 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Xuzhou Open 2025 · 16 Nov 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Zhengzhou Summer III 2025 · 24 Aug 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Yancheng Open 2025 · 7 Jun 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Xuzhou Newcomers 2025 · 30 Mar 2025
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.
- Huacao Zhao (赵华操) — met in 9 rounds, finished ahead 8 times
- Ruimin Yan (颜瑞民) — met in 8 rounds, finished ahead 5 times
- Yifan Cheng (程依凡) — met in 8 rounds, finished ahead 5 times
Next targets
- A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,419 people have one; it is 1.92 away.
- A sub-4 2×2 single — 50,215 people have one; it is 0.25 away.
Targets move as he improves.