People · China
Yichi Shan (单意驰)
3×3 · top 6.9% of 288,433 all-time · competing since September 2024 · 2024SHAN12
Yichi Shan (单意驰) has been competing for 2 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 9.77, set at Zhengzhou Summer III 2025, puts him in the top 6.9% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 2,718th in China. Until October 2007, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 4 competitions since September 2024, he has put 88 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, an early reading from 5 counted rounds. His 2×2 best has come down from 4.98 in September 2024 to 3.05, a 39% improvement. Yichi has entered four competitions, more competitions than 78% 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 | 9.77 | 10.98 | top 6.9% | 2,718 / 28,499 | |
| Pyraminx | 4.61 | 5.72 | top 10.9% | 1,316 / 10,269 | |
| 2×2 | 3.05 | 3.90 | top 14.9% | 2,395 / 15,939 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 20.08 | 22.83 | top 20.7% | 2,105 / 5,994 | |
| Clock | 12.12 | 12.69 | top 35.5% | 870 / 1,887 | |
| 4×4 | 1:04.97 | — | early days — 1 solve | 4,056 / 5,999 |
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, 2×2. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 24 Aug 2025First sub-10 3×3: 9.77 at Zhengzhou Summer III 2025.
- 30 Mar 2025Five personal bests in one day at Xuzhou Newcomers 2025.
- 21 Sep 2024First competition: Xuzhou Autumn 2024. A 13.49 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Guangdong Open - Revival & Rival 2026 · 6 Feb 2026
- Zhengzhou Summer III 2025 · 24 Aug 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Xuzhou Newcomers 2025 · 30 Mar 2025 — 5 personal bests set
- Xuzhou Autumn 2024 · 21 Sep 2024
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.
- Chenhao Ma (马晨皓) — met in 19 rounds, never finished ahead
- Danning Zhao (赵丹宁) — met in 16 rounds, never finished ahead
- Yiming Zuo (左一鸣) — met in 15 rounds, finished ahead 7 times
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 8,101 people have one; it is 1.77 away.
- A sub-4 Pyraminx single — 10,050 people have one; it is 0.61 away.
Targets move as he improves.