People · China
Songwei Chen (陈崧葳)
3×3 · top 6.2% of 288,433 all-time · competing since July 2025 · 2025CHES02
Songwei Chen (陈崧葳) has been competing for a year. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 9.54, set at Guangzhou Grand Open 2026, puts him in the top 6.2% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 2,459th in China. Until February 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 7 competitions since July 2025, he has put 112 official solves on the record across nine events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, an early reading from 8 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 14.50 in July 2025 to 9.54, a 34% improvement. Songwei 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 | China | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 9.54 | 11.13 | top 6.2% | 2,459 / 28,499 | |
| 4×4 | 35.11 | 41.04 | top 6.9% | 715 / 5,999 | |
| 5×5 | 1:13.83 | 1:18.89 | top 14.5% | 722 / 2,857 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 19.47 | 22.39 | top 19.2% | 1,954 / 5,994 | |
| Pyraminx | 5.90 | 7.78 | top 19.3% | 2,234 / 10,269 | |
| Clock | 10.31 | 11.91 | top 26.5% | 630 / 1,887 | |
| 2×2 | 4.04 | 4.30 | top 27.1% | 4,648 / 15,939 | |
| Skewb | 6.68 | 8.57 | top 31.2% | 1,925 / 5,030 | |
| 7×7 | 4:59.33 | — | early days — 1 solve | 894 / 1,274 |
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
- 5 Oct 2026First sub-10 3×3: 9.54 at Guangzhou Grand Open 2026.
- 5 Oct 2026Three personal bests in one day at Guangzhou Grand Open 2026.
- 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
- Guangzhou Grand Open 2026 · 5 Oct 2026 — 3 personal bests set
- 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.
- Lianghai Sui (眭亮海) — met in 16 rounds, finished ahead 13 times
- Ruimin Yan (颜瑞民) — met in 16 rounds, finished ahead 9 times
- Zhedong Wang (王哲栋) — met in 16 rounds, finished ahead twice
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 8,101 people have one; it is 1.54 away.
- A sub-30 4×4 single — 2,465 people have one; it is 5.11 away.
Targets move as he improves.