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Yi Qing Shen

2×2 · top 58.0% of 186,767 all-time · competing since October 2024 · 2024SHEN25

Yi Qing Shen has been competing for a year. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 6.71, set at Brampton Summer 2026, puts him in the top 58.0% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 4,212th in Canada. Across 2 competitions since October 2024, he has put 24 official solves on the record across four events. His 2×2 best has come down from 13.17 in October 2024 to 6.71, a 49% improvement. Yi has entered two competitions.

2×2
best event — top 58.0% of 186,767 all-time
6.71
signature single · Brampton Summer 2026
24
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingCanada
2×26.7111.49
top 58.0%4,212 / 7,173
3×331.1437.98
top 64.5%6,897 / 10,392
3×3 one-handed1:05.76
early days — 2 solves2,185 / 2,620
4×43:43.28
early days — 2 solves3,080 / 3,118

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

Vancouver Southlands Sprint 2024: 13.17Brampton Summer 2026: 6.716.7113.1719 Oct 202429 Aug 2026

Best single per competition, 2×2. 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 2×2 single — 95,042 people have one; it is 0.71 away.
  • A sub-30 3×3 single — 177,856 people have one; it is 1.14 away.

Targets move as he improves.