People · China
Yue Shen (沈樾)
3×3 · top 3.8% of 284,439 all-time · competing since April 2014 · 2014SHEN06
Yue Shen (沈樾) has been competing for 12 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.53, set at Nanjing Spring 2015, puts him in the top 3.8% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,436th in China. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 6 competitions since April 2014, he has put 160 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, steadier than 52% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 15.48 in April 2014 to 8.53, a 45% improvement. Yue has entered six competitions, more competitions than 86% 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 | 8.53 | 12.95 | top 3.8% | 1,436 / 28,153 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 14.80 | 18.49 | top 7.7% | 746 / 5,922 | |
| Pyraminx | 6.05 | 8.20 | top 20.4% | 2,326 / 10,224 | |
| 2×2 | 4.70 | 5.87 | top 35.5% | 6,107 / 15,796 | |
| 3×3 Fewest Moves | 47 moves | — | early days — 2 solves | 837 / 1,058 | |
| Skewb | 16.11 | 20.12 | top 81.7% | 4,142 / 5,004 |
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 May 2015First sub-10 3×3: 8.53 at Nanjing Spring 2015.
- 1 May 2015Four personal bests in one day at Nanjing Spring 2015.
- 18 Oct 2014First sub-15 3×3: 13.84 at Nanjing Autumn 2014.
- 18 Oct 2014Four personal bests in one day at Nanjing Autumn 2014.
- 7 Apr 2014First competition: Nanjing Spring 2014. A 16.37 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Asian Championship 2016 · 1 Oct 2016 — 1 personal best set
- Nanjing Spring 2016 · 30 Apr 2016
- China Championship 2015 · 2 Oct 2015 — 2 personal bests set
- Nanjing Spring 2015 · 1 May 2015 — 4 personal bests set
- Nanjing Autumn 2014 · 18 Oct 2014 — 4 personal bests set
- Nanjing Spring 2014 · 7 Apr 2014 — 1 personal best set
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.
- Chunyu Zhang (张春雨) — met in 26 rounds, finished ahead 5 times
- Jiayu Wang (王佳宇) — met in 26 rounds, finished ahead once
- Yinghao Wang (王鹰豪) — met in 25 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.53 away.
- A sub-12 3×3 one-handed single — 2,187 people have one; it is 2.80 away.
Targets move as he improves.