People · China
Songping Yang (杨松坪)
Skewb · top 1.5% of 73,281 all-time · competing since March 2018 · 2018YANG20
Songping Yang (杨松坪) has been competing for 8 years. His best event is the Skewb: a personal-best single of 2.03, set at Dongguan Mid-Autumn Festival 2018, puts him in the top 1.5% of the 73,281 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 67th in China. Until December 2014, no official Skewb solve in the world had been that fast. Across 6 competitions since March 2018, he has put 83 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one, an early reading from 6 counted rounds. That figure sets aside his 3 DNFs. His 3×3 best has come down from 22.79 in March 2018 to 12.99, a 43% improvement. Songping 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Skewb | 2.03 | 5.07 | top 1.5% | 67 / 5,004 | |
| 3×3 | 12.99 | 14.38 | top 17.4% | 6,813 / 28,153 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 21.95 | 24.74 | top 25.9% | 2,545 / 5,922 | |
| Megaminx | 1:41.59 | — | early days — 2 solves | 1,056 / 1,678 | |
| Pyraminx | 8.90 | 12.47 | top 44.0% | 4,691 / 10,224 | |
| 2×2 | 5.41 | 7.14 | top 44.3% | 7,620 / 15,796 |
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
- 21 Jul 2018First sub-20 3×3: 13.79 at Shenzhen Open 2018.
- 21 Jul 2018First sub-15 3×3: 13.79 at Shenzhen Open 2018.
- 4 Mar 2018First competition: Dongguan Open 2018. A 22.79 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Guangzhou Panyu Afternoon 2021 · 28 Feb 2021
- Shenzhen 3x3 Days 2019 · 2 Mar 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Dongguan Mid-Autumn Festival 2018 · 22 Sep 2018 — 2 personal bests set
- Beijing Summer 2018 · 29 Jul 2018 — 1 personal best set
- Shenzhen Open 2018 · 21 Jul 2018 — 1 personal best set
- Dongguan Open 2018 · 4 Mar 2018
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.
- Yunqi Ouyang (欧阳韵奇) — met in 13 rounds, finished ahead twice
- You Wu (吴悠) — met in 12 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
- Zicong Weng (翁子聪) — met in 11 rounds, finished ahead 5 times
Next targets
- A sub-2 Skewb single — 1,013 people have one; it is 0.03 away.
- A sub-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 0.99 away.
Targets move as he improves.