People · China
Songwei Chen (陈崧葳)
4×4 · top 6.8% of 83,917 all-time · competing since July 2025 · 2025CHES02
Songwei Chen (陈崧葳) has been competing for a year. His best event is the 4×4: a personal-best single of 35.11, set at Quanzhou Big Cubes 2026, puts him in the top 6.8% of the 83,917 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 686th in China. Until October 2010, no official 4×4 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 6 competitions since July 2025, he has put 88 official solves on the record across eight events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, an early reading from 7 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 14.50 in July 2025 to 10.57, a 27% improvement. Songwei 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4×4 | 35.11 | 41.04 | top 6.8% | 686 / 5,926 | |
| 3×3 | 10.57 | 11.93 | top 9.2% | 3,594 / 28,153 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 19.47 | 22.39 | top 19.1% | 1,916 / 5,922 | |
| 5×5 | 1:25.55 | 1:32.27 | top 23.8% | 1,126 / 2,816 | |
| 2×2 | 4.04 | 4.30 | top 27.0% | 4,579 / 15,796 | |
| Skewb | 6.68 | 8.57 | top 31.1% | 1,904 / 5,004 | |
| Pyraminx | 8.90 | 10.70 | top 44.0% | 4,691 / 10,224 | |
| 7×7 | 4:59.33 | — | early days — 1 solve | 883 / 1,261 |
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
- 6 Feb 2026Three personal bests in one day at Guangdong Open - Revival & Rival 2026.
- 26 Jul 2025First competition: Taizhou Open 2025. A 14.50 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Hangzhou Open 2026 · 23 May 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Quanzhou Big Cubes 2026 · 1 Mar 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Guangdong Open - Revival & Rival 2026 · 6 Feb 2026 — 3 personal bests set
- Zhengzhou Zest 2025 · 27 Dec 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Quangang Afternoon 2025 · 31 Aug 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Taizhou Open 2025 · 26 Jul 2025
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.
- Zhedong Wang (王哲栋) — met in 16 rounds, finished ahead twice
- Ruimin Yan (颜瑞民) — met in 14 rounds, finished ahead 7 times
- Yichen Ye (叶逸晨) — met in 14 rounds, finished ahead 6 times
Next targets
- A sub-30 4×4 single — 2,388 people have one; it is 5.11 away.
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 0.57 away.
Targets move as he improves.