People · United States
Zhouzihan Shi
3×3 · top 8.9% of 284,439 all-time · competing since December 2023 · 2023SHIZ02
Zhouzihan Shi has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 10.49, set at Nub Open Lake Forest 2024, puts him in the top 8.9% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 4,893rd in the United States. Until August 2006, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 7 competitions since December 2023, he has put 56 official solves on the record across two events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, an early reading from 9 counted rounds. That figure sets aside his 4 DNFs. His 3×3 best has come down from 23.24 in December 2023 to 10.49, a 55% improvement. Zhouzihan has entered seven competitions, more competitions than 88% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 10.49 | 11.71 | top 8.9% | 4,893 / 59,724 | |
| 2×2 | 3.54 | 7.24 | top 20.7% | 8,127 / 40,951 |
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
- 3 Mar 2024First sub-15 3×3: 12.02 at Orange County Newcomers 2024.
- 10 Dec 2023First sub-20 3×3: 16.17 at Beckman Gets Big 2023.
- 3 Dec 2023First competition: Nub Open Mission Viejo 2023. A 23.24 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Let's Cube Long Beach 2025 · 25 May 2025
- Nub Open Lake Forest 2024 · 15 Dec 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Temecula Valley Fall 2024 · 26 Oct 2024
- Aliso Niguel Summer 2024 · 8 Sep 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Orange County Newcomers 2024 · 3 Mar 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Beckman Gets Big 2023 · 10 Dec 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Nub Open Mission Viejo 2023 · 3 Dec 2023
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.
- Shane Grogan — met in 12 rounds, never finished ahead
- Liv Coverdale — met in 10 rounds, finished ahead 7 times
- Alex Lehman — met in 10 rounds, finished ahead twice
Next targets
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 0.49 away.
- A sub-3 2×2 single — 26,570 people have one; it is 0.54 away.
Targets move as he improves.