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Ziyu Shang (尚子煜)

4×4 · top 0.6% of 83,917 all-time · competing since April 2018 · 2018SHAN08

Ziyu Shang (尚子煜) has been competing for 8 years. His best event is the 4×4: a personal-best single of 24.56, set at Guangdong Open - Revival & Rival 2026, puts him in the top 0.6% of the 83,917 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 56th in China. Until April 2014, no official 4×4 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 20 competitions since April 2018, he has put 522 official solves on the record across twelve events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 78% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 16.18 in April 2018 to 7.18, a 56% improvement. Ziyu has entered 20 competitions, more competitions than 97% of everyone who has ever competed.

4×4
best event — top 0.6% of 83,917 all-time
24.56
signature single · Guangdong Open - Revival & Rival 2026
522
official solves on the record
12%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 78% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChina
4×424.5628.09
top 0.6%56 / 5,926
3×37.188.14
top 1.5%556 / 28,153
5×550.2155.97
top 1.8%74 / 2,816
2×21.623.30
top 2.7%320 / 15,796
3×3 one-handed13.6818.08
top 5.5%517 / 5,922
7×72:40.372:52.32
top 5.6%113 / 1,261
6×61:49.351:53.94
top 6.9%157 / 1,349
Square-111.0817.89
top 8.1%116 / 1,362
Pyraminx6.4910.08
top 23.7%2,698 / 10,224
Megaminx1:29.17—
early days — 2 solves844 / 1,678
Skewb6.288.78
top 28.0%1,728 / 5,004
3×3 Fewest Moves35 moves37.67
early days — 3 solves322 / 1,058

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

Xi'an Cherry Blossom 2018: 16.18Xi'an Open 2018: 10.60Xi'an Cherry Blossom 2019: 11.60China Championship 2019: 11.90Hefei Winter Open 2023: 8.20Hangzhou Spring 2024: 9.33Xi'an Cherry Blossom 2024: 8.20Nanchang Spring 2024: 8.99Xi'an Open 2024: 10.96Yancheng Open 2024: 8.52Chengdu Spring Open 2025: 8.31Nanchang Spring 2025: 7.67Taizhou Open 2025: 7.83Hangzhou Winter 2025: 8.00Guangdong Open - Revival & Rival 2026: 7.84Xianju NxN 2026: 7.187.1816.186 Apr 20187 Mar 2026

Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.

The story so far

Competitions

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.

Next targets

  • A sub-20 4×4 single — 42 people have one; it is 4.56 away.
  • A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 1.18 away.

Targets move as he improves.