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Xiang Sheng (盛翔)

2×2 · top 8.2% of 186,767 all-time · competing since September 2024 · 2024SHEN23

Xiang Sheng (盛翔) has been competing for 2 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.43, set at Xuzhou Open 2025, puts him in the top 8.2% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,205th in China. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 4 competitions since September 2024, he has put 46 official solves on the record across three events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 9% around a typical one, an early reading from 5 counted rounds. Xiang has entered four competitions, more competitions than 78% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 8.2% of 186,767 all-time
2.43
signature single · Xuzhou Open 2025
46
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChina
2×22.434.68
top 8.2%1,205 / 15,796
3×312.6414.57
top 16.2%6,340 / 28,153
3×3 one-handed30.03
early days — 1 solve4,117 / 5,922

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

Xuzhou Autumn 2024: 13.22Yancheng Open 2024: 12.64Xuzhou Newcomers 2025: 13.83Xuzhou Open 2025: 14.9312.6414.9321 Sep 202416 Nov 2025

Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.

The story so far

Competitions

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.

Next targets

  • A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.43 away.
  • A sub-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 0.64 away.

Targets move as he improves.