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Ying Shi (石瑛)

3×3 · top 46.4% of 284,439 all-time · competing since August 2011 · 2011SHIY03

Ying Shi (石瑛) has been competing for 15 years. Her best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 22.37, set at Ningxia Open 2017, puts her in the top 46.4% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 15,284th in China. Across 11 competitions since August 2011, she has put 74 official solves on the record across three events. Solve to solve, her 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, an early reading from 9 counted rounds. That figure sets aside her 4 DNFs. Her 3×3 best has come down from 39.90 in August 2011 to 22.37, a 44% improvement. Ying has entered eleven competitions, more competitions than 93% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 46.4% of 284,439 all-time
22.37
signature single · Ningxia Open 2017
74
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChina
3×322.3727.43
top 46.4%15,284 / 28,153
2×27.599.48
top 65.0%10,791 / 15,796
3×3 Fewest Moves52 moves61.67
early days — 3 solves964 / 1,058

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

Hangzhou Open 2011: 39.90Shanghai Donghua 2012: 38.09Shanghai Summer 2012: 37.03Zhejiang University Open 2014: 31.09Nanchang Open 2015: 32.51China Championship 2015: 28.13Nanchang Winter 2015: 27.24Nanchang Winter 2016: 27.00Nanchang Spring 2017: 22.63Ningxia Open 2017: 22.3722.3739.9020 Aug 201113 Aug 2017

Best single per competition, 3×3. 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 her.

Next targets

  • A sub-20 3×3 single — 113,584 people have one; it is 2.37 away.
  • A sub-6 2×2 single — 95,042 people have one; it is 1.59 away.

Targets move as she improves.