People · China
Zhongcheng Shen (谌重丞)
3×3 · top 0.62% of 288,433 all-time · competing since January 2024 · 2024SHEN02
Zhongcheng Shen (谌重丞) has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 6.19, set at Beijing Autumn Rivalry 2026, puts him in the top 0.62% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 229th in China. Until June 2011, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 13 competitions since January 2024, he has put 460 official solves on the record across twelve events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 66% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 7.39 in January 2024 to 6.19, a 16% improvement. Zhongcheng has entered 13 competitions, more competitions than 94% 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 | 6.19 | 7.88 | top 0.62% | 229 / 28,499 | |
| 2×2 | 1.17 | 2.64 | top 0.96% | 103 / 15,939 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 11.60 | 16.56 | top 2.5% | 220 / 5,994 | |
| 4×4 | 29.47 | 32.06 | top 2.6% | 254 / 5,999 | |
| 5×5 | 1:01.07 | 1:11.76 | top 6.2% | 305 / 2,857 | |
| Pyraminx | 4.72 | 5.52 | top 11.5% | 1,398 / 10,269 | |
| Clock | 7.40 | 10.47 | top 12.5% | 279 / 1,887 | |
| Skewb | 4.76 | 6.50 | top 16.4% | 1,023 / 5,030 | |
| 6×6 | 2:31.34 | 2:43.73 | top 26.4% | 583 / 1,363 | |
| Megaminx | 1:45.68 | — | early days — 2 solves | 1,125 / 1,693 | |
| 3×3 Fewest Moves | 41 moves | — | early days — 1 solve | 622 / 1,071 | |
| 7×7 | 5:37.56 | — | early days — 1 solve | 1,035 / 1,274 |
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
- 27 Jul 2024Four personal bests in one day at Malaysia 15th Anniversary Championship 2024.
- 1 Jun 2024Three personal bests in one day at Tianjin Open 2024.
- 28 Jan 2024First competition: Fushun Open 2024. A 7.39 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Beijing Autumn Rivalry 2026 · 1 Oct 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Ulanqab Big Cubes 2026 · 29 Aug 2026
- Ulanqab Small Cubes 2026 · 29 Aug 2026
- Beijing Autumn Begins 2026 · 22 Aug 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Start of Summer Beijing 2026 · 1 May 2026
- Beijing Spring Open 2026 · 28 Mar 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Guangdong Open - Revival & Rival 2026 · 6 Feb 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Harbin Open 2025 · 20 Jul 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Malaysia 15th Anniversary Championship 2024 · 27 Jul 2024 — 4 personal bests set
- Tianjin Open 2024 · 1 Jun 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Zibo Open 2024 · 19 May 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Hangzhou Spring 2024 · 2 Mar 2024
- Fushun Open 2024 · 28 Jan 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 his.
- Chenhao Ma (马晨皓) — met in 65 rounds, finished ahead 17 times
- Chengshuo Zhu (朱成硕) — met in 56 rounds, finished ahead 11 times · head to head
- Yiheng Wang (王艺衡) — met in 47 rounds, finished ahead twice
Next targets
- A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,419 people have one; it is 0.19 away.
- A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,050 people have one; it is 0.17 away.
Targets move as he improves.