People · China
Yixiao Shen (沈逸霄)
3×3 Fewest Moves · top 8.0% of 12,294 all-time · competing since December 2017 · 2017SHEN31
Yixiao Shen (沈逸霄) has been competing for 9 years. His best event is the 3×3 Fewest Moves: a personal-best single of 27 moves, set at Please Be Quiet Beijing 2018, puts him in the top 8.0% of the 12,294 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 79th in China. Across 11 competitions since December 2017, he has put 216 official solves on the record across 13 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 17% around a typical one; 96% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 14.51 in January 2018 to 11.64, a 20% improvement. Yixiao has entered eleven competitions, more competitions than 93% 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 Fewest Moves | 27 moves | 29.00 | top 8.0% | 79 / 1,058 | |
| 3×3 | 11.64 | 13.52 | top 12.6% | 5,000 / 28,153 | |
| 4×4 | 44.78 | 52.19 | top 18.0% | 1,959 / 5,926 | |
| 2×2 | 3.49 | 4.13 | top 20.1% | 3,294 / 15,796 | |
| Skewb | 5.33 | 8.02 | top 20.7% | 1,287 / 5,004 | |
| Pyraminx | 6.36 | 10.02 | top 22.7% | 2,595 / 10,224 | |
| Megaminx | 1:25.46 | 1:41.23 | top 25.2% | 777 / 1,678 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 22.35 | 25.34 | top 27.0% | 2,658 / 5,922 | |
| 5×5 | 1:36.13 | 1:40.91 | top 32.4% | 1,464 / 2,816 | |
| 3×3 blindfolded | 2:05.13 | — | top 35.1% | 504 / 1,183 | |
| 6×6 | 3:11.22 | 3:17.87 | top 46.4% | 903 / 1,349 | |
| 7×7 | 5:01.75 | 5:17.73 | top 51.1% | 896 / 1,261 | |
| Clock | 19.15 | 21.89 | top 62.2% | 1,399 / 1,843 |
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
- 14 Jul 2018Three personal bests in one day at Wuxi Try to Get a Mean 2018.
- 14 Apr 2018Three personal bests in one day at High Wycombe Open 2018.
- 17 Mar 2018Four personal bests in one day at Guildford Open 2018.
- 9 Dec 2017First competition: FMC Asia 2017.
Competitions
- NTU Open 2019 · 29 Jun 2019
- Fewest Moves Southeast Asia 2018 · 28 Oct 2018
- Wuxi Try to Get a Mean 2018 · 14 Jul 2018 — 3 personal bests set
- Please Be Quiet Beijing 2018 · 30 Jun 2018 — 2 personal bests set
- Cube for Cambodia 2018 · 6 May 2018 — 2 personal bests set
- Kunshan Open 2018 · 21 Apr 2018 — 2 personal bests set
- High Wycombe Open 2018 · 14 Apr 2018 — 3 personal bests set
- Guildford Open 2018 · 17 Mar 2018 — 4 personal bests set
- FMC Europe 2018 · 10 Mar 2018 — 1 personal best set
- Jinhua New Year's Day 2018 · 1 Jan 2018
- FMC Asia 2017 · 9 Dec 2017
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.
- James Molloy — met in 22 rounds, finished ahead twice
- Harry Savage — met in 22 rounds, never finished ahead
- Fabio Schwandt — met in 22 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 1.64 away.
- A sub-40 4×4 single — 10,180 people have one; it is 4.78 away.
Targets move as he improves.