People · China
Yihan Shen (申忆寒)
3×3 · top 0.66% of 288,433 all-time · competing since August 2025 · 2025SHEN21
Yihan Shen (申忆寒) has been competing for a year. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 6.26, set at Beijing Only 3x3 2025, puts him in the top 0.66% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 248th in China. Until May 2011, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 14 competitions since August 2025, he has put 382 official solves on the record across eleven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one; 83% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 7.10 in August 2025 to 6.26, a 12% improvement. Yihan has entered 14 competitions, more competitions than 95% 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 | 6.26 | 7.36 | top 0.66% | 248 / 28,499 | |
| 2×2 | 1.09 | 2.34 | top 0.75% | 78 / 15,939 | |
| 4×4 | 28.55 | 34.16 | top 2.1% | 204 / 5,999 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 12.04 | 14.28 | top 3.1% | 271 / 5,994 | |
| Pyraminx | 3.23 | 6.33 | top 4.4% | 551 / 10,269 | |
| 5×5 | 1:02.44 | 1:05.02 | top 7.0% | 340 / 2,857 | |
| Skewb | 3.66 | 5.64 | top 8.8% | 510 / 5,030 | |
| 3×3 Fewest Moves | 28 moves | — | early days — 1 solve | 99 / 1,071 | |
| 6×6 | 2:12.35 | 2:20.10 | top 16.6% | 378 / 1,363 | |
| 7×7 | 3:37.95 | 4:07.06 | top 22.7% | 468 / 1,274 | |
| Square-1 | 55.97 | — | early days — 1 solve | 1,261 / 1,373 |
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
- 28 Dec 2025Three personal bests in one day at Zhengzhou Zeal 2025.
- 10 Aug 2025First competition: Zibo Open 2025. A 7.10 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Beijing Autumn Rivalry 2026 · 1 Oct 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Ulanqab Small Cubes 2026 · 29 Aug 2026
- Beijing Autumn Begins 2026 · 22 Aug 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Guangzhou GraDUAL 3x3 I 2026 · 5 Aug 2026
- Wuhu Open 2026 · 25 Jul 2026
- Shenyang Cubing League 3x3 IV 2026 · 8 Jul 2026
- Start of Summer Beijing 2026 · 1 May 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Beijing Spring Open 2026 · 28 Mar 2026
- Beijing Winter 2026 · 10 Jan 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Zhengzhou Zeal 2025 · 28 Dec 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Zhengzhou Zest 2025 · 27 Dec 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Beijing Only 3x3 2025 · 23 Nov 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Beijing University Cube League 2025 · 25 Oct 2025
- Zibo Open 2025 · 10 Aug 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.
- Yiheng Wang (王艺衡) — met in 46 rounds, finished ahead once
- Yutong Wang (王宇彤) — met in 38 rounds, finished ahead 7 times
- Xiang Li (李响) — met in 37 rounds, finished ahead 32 times
Next targets
- A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,419 people have one; it is 0.26 away.
- A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,050 people have one; it is 0.09 away.
Targets move as he improves.