People · China
Yang Shen (沈阳)
3×3 · top 9.9% of 284,439 all-time · competing since November 2025 · 2025SHEN37
Yang Shen (沈阳) has been competing for 10 months. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 10.80, set at Nanchang Summer 2026, puts him in the top 9.9% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 3,855th in China. Until August 2006, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 7 competitions since November 2025, he has put 115 official solves on the record across nine events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 10% around a typical one, an early reading from 7 counted rounds. Yang has entered seven competitions, more competitions than 88% 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 | 10.80 | 12.66 | top 9.9% | 3,855 / 28,153 | |
| 4×4 | 41.72 | 45.01 | top 14.2% | 1,530 / 5,926 | |
| 5×5 | 1:17.88 | 1:26.86 | top 17.5% | 845 / 2,816 | |
| Skewb | 5.99 | 11.06 | top 25.6% | 1,585 / 5,004 | |
| 7×7 | 3:57.11 | 4:18.21 | early days — 3 solves | 581 / 1,261 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 25.17 | 29.70 | top 34.7% | 3,298 / 5,922 | |
| 6×6 | 2:51.14 | 2:53.45 | early days — 3 solves | 759 / 1,349 | |
| 2×2 | 4.84 | 6.77 | top 37.3% | 6,425 / 15,796 | |
| Pyraminx | 12.03 | 14.50 | top 67.4% | 6,805 / 10,224 |
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
- 18 Jul 2026Three personal bests in one day at Nanchang Summer 2026.
- 7 Jun 2026Three personal bests in one day at Huanggang Open 2026.
- 16 Nov 2025First competition: Xuzhou Open 2025. A 11.80 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Shanghai Summer 2026 · 1 Aug 2026
- Nanchang Summer 2026 · 18 Jul 2026 — 3 personal bests set
- Huanggang Open 2026 · 7 Jun 2026 — 3 personal bests set
- Deqing Small & Special 2026 · 26 Apr 2026
- Deqing Big & Blind 2026 · 25 Apr 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Yancheng Spring Open 2026 · 29 Mar 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Xuzhou Open 2025 · 16 Nov 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.
- Zhedong Wang (王哲栋) — met in 21 rounds, never finished ahead
- Yichen Ye (叶逸晨) — met in 20 rounds, finished ahead 6 times
- Qifeng Wang (王祺丰) — met in 18 rounds, finished ahead once
Next targets
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 0.80 away.
- A sub-40 4×4 single — 10,180 people have one; it is 1.72 away.
Targets move as he improves.