People · Hong Kong, China
Yuan Shu (袁數)
3×3 · top 1.2% of 288,433 all-time · competing since June 2025 · 2025SHUY01
Yuan Shu (袁數) has been competing for a year. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 6.86, set at Guangdong Open - Revival & Rival 2026, puts him in the top 1.2% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 28th in Hong Kong, China. Until November 2010, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 11 competitions since June 2025, he has put 221 official solves on the record across twelve events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 62% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 13.24 in September 2025 to 6.86, a 48% improvement. Yuan 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 | Hong Kong, China | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 6.86 | 9.17 | top 1.2% | 28 / 1,424 | |
| 2×2 | 1.85 | 2.68 | top 3.9% | 52 / 880 | |
| 3×3 Fewest Moves | 31 moves | 36.67 | top 17.5% | 29 / 77 | |
| Megaminx | 1:14.39 | 1:17.47 | top 18.3% | 53 / 169 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 19.34 | 23.98 | top 18.8% | 127 / 384 | |
| Pyraminx | 5.87 | 6.50 | top 19.0% | 120 / 448 | |
| Skewb | 5.12 | 9.05 | top 19.1% | 80 / 293 | |
| 4×4 | 1:00.08 | — | top 36.6% | 239 / 447 | |
| Square-1 | 30.53 | — | early days — 2 solves | 84 / 127 | |
| 5×5 | 2:04.09 | — | early days — 3 solves | 135 / 196 | |
| Clock | 16.23 | — | early days — 1 solve | 109 / 159 | |
| 6×6 | 4:09.16 | — | early days — 1 solve | 82 / 90 |
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
- 1 Oct 2026Five personal bests in one day at Beijing Autumn Rivalry 2026.
- 6 Feb 2026First sub-10 3×3: 6.86 at Guangdong Open - Revival & Rival 2026.
- 21 Jun 2025First competition: Hong Kong Side Event Day 2025.
Competitions
- Beijing Autumn Rivalry 2026 · 1 Oct 2026 — 5 personal bests set
- Hong Kong Cube Day 2026 · 12 Sep 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Guangzhou GraDUAL 3x3 I 2026 · 5 Aug 2026
- FMCanton Baiyun 2026 · 4 Jul 2026
- Xi'an Cherry Blossom 2026 · 4 Apr 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Zhuhai Pi Day 2026 · 14 Mar 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Guangdong Open - Revival & Rival 2026 · 6 Feb 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Guangzhou Small Cubes 2025 · 9 Nov 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Guangzhou Special 2025 · 8 Nov 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- HKRCU 20th Anniversary 2025 · 20 Sep 2025
- Hong Kong Side Event Day 2025 · 21 Jun 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.
- Yuan Shi Chu (袁時初) — met in 45 rounds, finished ahead 10 times · head to head
- Haohan Zheng (郑皓涵) — met in 35 rounds, finished ahead 8 times
- Sun Chen Bo (孫晨博) — met in 34 rounds, finished ahead 16 times
Next targets
- A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,419 people have one; it is 0.86 away.
- A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,050 people have one; it is 0.85 away.
Targets move as he improves.