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Xinjie Shi (施鑫杰)

3×3 · top 1.3% of 284,439 all-time · competing since August 2016 · 2016SHIX02

Xinjie Shi (施鑫杰) has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 6.96, set at Chengdu Flash Cube Open 2023, puts him in the top 1.3% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 455th in China. Until November 2010, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 38 competitions since August 2016, he has put 1,806 official solves on the record across 15 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 65% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 10.46 in August 2016 to 6.96, a 33% improvement. Xinjie has entered 38 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 1.3% of 284,439 all-time
6.96
signature single · Chengdu Flash Cube Open 2023
1,806
official solves on the record
14%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 65% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChina
3×36.967.90
top 1.3%455 / 28,153
Pyraminx2.202.94
top 1.5%172 / 10,224
4×428.1734.09
top 1.9%172 / 5,926
Skewb2.293.45
top 2.2%111 / 5,004
2×21.512.39
top 2.2%255 / 15,796
5×558.701:01.82
top 4.9%231 / 2,816
3×3 one-handed13.4116.59
top 5.1%467 / 5,922
3×3 Fewest Moves27 moves40.00
top 8.0%79 / 1,058
Clock7.348.46
top 12.3%268 / 1,843
3×3 blindfolded1:00.66—
top 13.3%199 / 1,183
Megaminx1:08.601:12.98
top 14.8%433 / 1,678
6×62:09.582:25.68
top 15.1%331 / 1,349
7×73:17.053:21.00
top 15.4%312 / 1,261
Square-115.0817.91
top 16.7%257 / 1,362
3×3 Multi-Blind7 of 10 cubes · 58:27—
early days — 1 solve130 / 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

Jinhua Open 2016: 10.46Hangzhou Autumn 2016: 12.35Wenzhou Open 2017: 9.27ZUST Open 2017: 11.15China Championship 2017: 9.97Quanzhou Side Event 2017: 10.98Fuzhou Autumn 2017: 9.73HDU Open 2017: 9.38Jinhua New Year's Day 2018: 8.59Hangzhou Spring 2018: 9.14Kunshan Open 2018: 9.74Nanjing Spring 2018: 8.78Lishui University Open 2018: 7.95Zhangzhou Open 2018: 9.26Longyan Open 2018: 9.23China Championship 2018: 8.29Ningbo Open 2018: 9.43Hangzhou Open 2018: 8.54Wenzhou Open 2018: 8.77Fuzhou Spring 2019: 8.59Hangzhou Open 2019: 8.83Huzhou Open 2019: 7.88China Championship 2019: 8.03Hangzhou Autumn 2019: 8.37Shaoxing Morning 2021: 8.11Hangzhou Open AM 2021: 8.01Kunshan Morning 2021: 7.45Xuzhou Open AM 2021: 7.73Tianjin Summer Solstice 2021: 7.84Rubik's WCA World Championship 2023: 7.66Chengdu Flash Cube Open 2023: 6.96Deqing Big Cubes Summer 2024: 7.24Hangzhou Open 2024: 7.63Linhai Newcomers 2025: 7.39Lishui Open 2025: 7.47Taizhou Open 2025: 7.64Fuzhou Summer 2026: 7.046.9612.356 Aug 201623 Aug 2026

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-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 0.96 away.
  • A sub-2 Pyraminx single — 1,476 people have one; it is 0.20 away.

Targets move as he improves.