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Songtao Zhang (张松涛)

Pyraminx · top 0.72% of 129,321 all-time · competing since March 2017 · 2017ZHAN21

Songtao Zhang (张松涛) has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 1.73, set at Luoyang Open 2019, puts him in the top 0.72% of the 129,321 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 81st in China. Until April 2012, no official Pyraminx solve in the world had been that fast. Across 33 competitions since March 2017, he has put 852 official solves on the record across nine events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one; 61% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His Pyraminx best has come down from 5.68 in March 2017 to 1.73, a 70% improvement. Songtao has entered 33 competitions, more competitions than 98% of everyone who has ever competed.

Pyraminx
best event — top 0.72% of 129,321 all-time
1.73
signature single · Luoyang Open 2019
852
official solves on the record
13%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 61% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChina
Pyraminx1.733.57
top 0.72%81 / 10,224
3×310.3011.99
top 8.4%3,280 / 28,153
2×22.753.66
top 11.5%1,764 / 15,796
4×442.6551.99
top 15.3%1,659 / 5,926
Skewb5.3710.83
top 21.0%1,302 / 5,004
Megaminx1:32.721:59.78
top 29.9%898 / 1,678
3×3 one-handed23.9627.97
top 31.4%3,037 / 5,922
3×3 blindfolded2:34.92—
top 44.8%638 / 1,183
Clock21.6931.65
top 69.3%1,502 / 1,843

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

ZUA Open 2017: 5.68Luoyang Open 2017: 4.91Jiaozuo Open 2017: 3.01Luoyang Spring 2018: 3.28Xuzhou Winter 2018: 3.80Zhengzhou Open 2018: 3.46WHUT Open 2018: 3.68Shijiazhuang Winter 2018: 3.11Xianyang Open 2019: 2.40Anyang Open 2019: 3.05Xuzhou Spring 2019: 2.58Zhengzhou Open 2019: 3.02Xinxiang Open 2019: 3.08Wuhan Autumn 2019: 3.25Luoyang Open 2019: 1.73Xi'an New Year 2020: 2.90Xi'an Cherry Blossom Special 2021: 2.52Zhengzhou Summer 2021: 2.69Hefei Winter Open 2023: 3.54Changsha Open 2023: 3.02Hangzhou Spring 2024: 2.93Luoyang Spring 2024: 2.53Nanchang Spring 2024: 2.71Zibo Open 2024: 1.78Luoyang Spring 2025: 3.80Zhengzhou Summer III 2025: 3.19Zhengzhou Zest 2025: 4.281.735.6825 Mar 201727 Dec 2025

Best single per competition, Pyraminx. 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-1 Pyraminx single — 49 people have one; it is 0.73 away.
  • A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 0.30 away.

Targets move as he improves.