People · China
Yi Shen (沈懿)
3×3 · top 0.0074% of 284,439 all-time · competing since January 2026 · 2026SHEN01
Yi Shen (沈懿) has been competing for 8 months. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 3.60, set at Deqing Small & Special 2026, puts him in the top 0.0074% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 12th in China. Until November 2018, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 26 competitions since January 2026, he has put 423 official solves on the record across one event. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 10% around a typical one, steadier than 94% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 4.68 in January 2026 to 3.60, a 23% improvement. Yi has entered 26 competitions, more competitions than 98% 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 | 3.60 | 4.46 | top 0.0074% | 12 / 28,153 |
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
- 10 Jan 2026First competition: Beijing Winter 2026. A 4.86 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Nanning Open 2026 · 23 Aug 2026
- Beihai Open 2026 · 22 Aug 2026
- Guangzhou GraDUAL 3x3 II 2026 · 19 Aug 2026
- Zhanjiang Open 2026 · 9 Aug 2026
- Maoming Open 2026 · 8 Aug 2026
- Guangzhou GraDUAL 3x3 I 2026 · 5 Aug 2026
- Wuhu Open 2026 · 25 Jul 2026
- Nanchang Summer 2026 · 18 Jul 2026
- Shenyang Cubing League 3x3 IV 2026 · 8 Jul 2026
- Hefei Cubing League 3x3 IV 2026 · 1 Jul 2026
- Shenyang Cubing League 3x3 II 2026 · 24 Jun 2026
- Hefei Cubing League 3x3 III 2026 · 17 Jun 2026
- Huanggang Open 2026 · 7 Jun 2026
- Hefei Cubing League 3x3 II 2026 · 3 Jun 2026
- Hangzhou Open 2026 · 23 May 2026
- Hefei Cubing League 3x3 I 2026 · 20 May 2026
- Chengdu Welcoming Summer 2026 · 4 May 2026
- Start of Summer Beijing 2026 · 1 May 2026
- Deqing Small & Special 2026 · 26 Apr 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Xuzhou Zenith 2026 · 11 Apr 2026
- Xi'an Cherry Blossom 2026 · 4 Apr 2026
- Yancheng Spring Open 2026 · 29 Mar 2026
- Zhuhai Pi Day 2026 · 14 Mar 2026
- Xianju NxN 2026 · 7 Mar 2026
- Guangdong Open - Revival & Rival 2026 · 6 Feb 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Beijing Winter 2026 · 10 Jan 2026 — 1 personal best set
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.
- Yiheng Wang (王艺衡) — met in 70 rounds, finished ahead once · head to head
- Xuanyi Geng (耿暄一) — met in 56 rounds, finished ahead 5 times · head to head
- Yize Dong (董一泽) — met in 48 rounds, finished ahead 25 times · head to head
Next targets
- A sub-3 3×3 single — 3 people have one; it is 0.60 away.
Targets move as he improves.