People · China
Yanze Shi (石焱泽)
3×3 · top 1.4% of 284,439 all-time · competing since July 2018 · 2018SHIY07
Yanze Shi (石焱泽) has been competing for 8 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 7.03, set at Xuzhou Newcomers 2025, puts him in the top 1.4% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 481st in China. Until November 2010, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 13 competitions since July 2018, he has put 402 official solves on the record across twelve events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 77% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 15.62 in July 2018 to 7.03, a 55% improvement. Yanze has entered 13 competitions, more competitions than 94% 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 | 7.03 | 7.96 | top 1.4% | 481 / 28,153 | |
| 2×2 | 1.46 | 3.12 | top 2.0% | 228 / 15,796 | |
| 4×4 | 32.04 | 35.49 | top 4.2% | 403 / 5,926 | |
| 5×5 | 1:00.82 | 1:11.53 | top 5.9% | 278 / 2,816 | |
| Pyraminx | 3.77 | 6.32 | top 6.6% | 782 / 10,224 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 15.01 | 16.81 | top 8.1% | 787 / 5,922 | |
| 7×7 | 2:55.42 | 3:01.99 | top 9.3% | 190 / 1,261 | |
| Megaminx | 1:00.28 | 1:05.87 | top 10.2% | 267 / 1,678 | |
| 6×6 | 2:03.65 | 2:11.67 | top 12.5% | 263 / 1,349 | |
| Skewb | 9.33 | 12.09 | top 50.7% | 2,858 / 5,004 | |
| Clock | 18.99 | — | early days — 2 solves | 1,391 / 1,843 | |
| Square-1 | 37.36 | 44.18 | top 61.8% | 1,039 / 1,362 |
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
- 19 Apr 2025Six personal bests in one day at Deqing Spring 2025.
- 30 Mar 2025First sub-10 3×3: 7.03 at Xuzhou Newcomers 2025.
- 6 Oct 2019Three personal bests in one day at Xiamen Autumn 2019.
- 26 Jul 2019Six personal bests in one day at China Championship 2019.
- 24 Mar 2019Three personal bests in one day at Fuzhou Spring 2019.
- 24 Nov 2018Three personal bests in one day at Fuzhou Open 2018.
Competitions
- Fuzhou Open 2026 · 17 Jan 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Hangzhou Winter 2025 · 29 Nov 2025
- Hefei Open 2025 · 25 Oct 2025
- Ningbo Autumn 2025 · 13 Sep 2025
- Zibo Open 2025 · 10 Aug 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Deqing Spring 2025 · 19 Apr 2025 — 6 personal bests set
- Xuzhou Newcomers 2025 · 30 Mar 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Xiamen Autumn 2019 · 6 Oct 2019 — 3 personal bests set
- China Championship 2019 · 26 Jul 2019 — 6 personal bests set
- Fuzhou Spring 2019 · 24 Mar 2019 — 3 personal bests set
- Fuzhou Open 2018 · 24 Nov 2018 — 3 personal bests set
- Quanzhou Open 2018 · 16 Sep 2018 — 3 personal bests set
- Zhangzhou Open 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.
- Jingbin Li (李晶斌) — met in 36 rounds, finished ahead 25 times
- Yifan Wang (王逸帆) — met in 31 rounds, finished ahead 14 times
- Baiqiang Dong (董百强) — met in 30 rounds, finished ahead 17 times
Next targets
- A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 1.03 away.
- A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.46 away.
Targets move as he improves.