People · China
Yiyang Shen (申伊杨)
Pyraminx · top 1.5% of 129,321 all-time · competing since September 2024 · 2024SHEN20
Yiyang Shen (申伊杨) has been competing for 2 years. Her best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 2.20, set at Beijing Winter 2026, puts her in the top 1.5% of the 129,321 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 172nd in China. Until July 2011, no official Pyraminx solve in the world had been that fast. Across 3 competitions since September 2024, she has put 49 official solves on the record across two events. Her Pyraminx best has come down from 3.83 in September 2024 to 2.20, a 43% improvement. Yiyang has entered three competitions, more competitions than 69% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | China | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pyraminx | 2.20 | 2.50 | top 1.5% | 172 / 10,224 | |
| 3×3 | 10.85 | 13.94 | top 10.0% | 3,924 / 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, Pyraminx. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 16 Sep 2024First competition: Dalian Open 2024. A 10.85 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Beijing Winter 2026 · 10 Jan 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Beijing Summer 2025 · 17 May 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Dalian Open 2024 · 16 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 her.
- Kaixi Guo (郭铠希) — met in 10 rounds, finished ahead once
- Lingkun Jiang (姜凌坤) — met in 10 rounds, never finished ahead
- Zizhen Li (李子贞) — met in 10 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-2 Pyraminx single — 1,476 people have one; it is 0.20 away.
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 0.85 away.
Targets move as she improves.