People · China
Xiang Shao (邵翔)
7×7 · top 8.8% of 14,226 all-time · competing since July 2018 · 2018SHAO07
Xiang Shao (邵翔) has been competing for 8 years. His best event is the 7×7: a personal-best single of 2:53.76, set at Deqing Big & Blind 2026, puts him in the top 8.8% of the 14,226 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 185th in China. Until September 2012, no official 7×7 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 17 competitions since July 2018, he has put 342 official solves on the record across 13 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one; 51% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. That figure sets aside his 8 DNFs. His 3×3 best has come down from 13.85 in August 2018 to 11.53, a 17% improvement. Xiang has entered 17 competitions, more competitions than 96% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | China | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7×7 | 2:53.76 | 3:04.68 | top 8.8% | 185 / 1,261 | |
| 4×4 | 39.16 | 47.70 | top 11.1% | 1,182 / 5,926 | |
| 6×6 | 2:02.55 | 2:08.79 | top 12.0% | 254 / 1,349 | |
| 3×3 | 11.53 | 13.20 | top 12.3% | 4,840 / 28,153 | |
| 5×5 | 1:11.71 | 1:16.55 | top 12.9% | 630 / 2,816 | |
| 2×2 | 2.94 | 5.38 | top 13.6% | 2,105 / 15,796 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 23.15 | 27.41 | top 29.2% | 2,839 / 5,922 | |
| Megaminx | 1:42.65 | 2:08.31 | top 36.2% | 1,072 / 1,678 | |
| Clock | 13.29 | 14.12 | top 40.9% | 980 / 1,843 | |
| Pyraminx | 9.76 | 10.80 | top 51.1% | 5,370 / 10,224 | |
| Skewb | 11.67 | 13.23 | top 64.4% | 3,472 / 5,004 | |
| Square-1 | 40.94 | — | top 66.5% | 1,103 / 1,362 | |
| 3×3 Fewest Moves | 48 moves | — | early days — 2 solves | 864 / 1,058 |
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
- 10 Nov 2018Five personal bests in one day at Hangzhou Open 2018.
- 13 Oct 2018Three personal bests in one day at Ningbo Open 2018.
- 14 Jul 2018First competition: Wuxi Try to Get a Mean 2018.
Competitions
- Xianju Bayberry 2026 · 20 Jun 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Deqing Big & Blind 2026 · 25 Apr 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Guangzhou Big Cubes 2025 · 21 Dec 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Deqing Spring 2025 · 19 Apr 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- FMC Cubing China 2024 · 14 Dec 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Big n Blind n Clock Xianju 2024 · 31 Aug 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Huzhou Open 2024 · 30 Mar 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Kunshan Morning 2021 · 2 May 2021
- Shaoxing Afternoon 2021 · 27 Mar 2021 — 1 personal best set
- Shaoxing Open 2019 · 21 Dec 2019
- Hangzhou Autumn 2019 · 9 Nov 2019 — 1 personal best set
- China Championship 2019 · 26 Jul 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Huzhou Open 2019 · 13 Jul 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- Hangzhou Open 2018 · 10 Nov 2018 — 5 personal bests set
- Ningbo Open 2018 · 13 Oct 2018 — 3 personal bests set
- Suzhou Open 2018 · 5 Aug 2018
- Wuxi Try to Get a Mean 2018 · 14 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.
- Zhiyuan Ma (马之元) — met in 58 rounds, finished ahead 5 times
- Hongtong Zhu (朱泓同) — met in 58 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
- Weikang Zheng (郑炜康) — met in 44 rounds, finished ahead 24 times
Next targets
- A sub-2:00 7×7 single — 83 people have one; it is 53.76 away.
- A sub-30 4×4 single — 2,388 people have one; it is 9.16 away.
Targets move as he improves.