People · China
Songyang Zhou (周颂阳)
3×3 · top 5.8% of 284,439 all-time · competing since April 2025 · 2025ZHOU09
Songyang Zhou (周颂阳) has been competing for a year. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 9.37, set at Xi'an Cherry Blossom 2025, puts him in the top 5.8% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 2,229th in China. Until February 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 3 competitions since April 2025, he has put 55 official solves on the record across three events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, an early reading from 6 counted rounds. Songyang has entered three competitions, more competitions than 69% 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 | 9.37 | 10.70 | top 5.8% | 2,229 / 28,153 | |
| 2×2 | 2.46 | 3.92 | top 8.5% | 1,255 / 15,796 | |
| Skewb | 5.64 | 7.44 | top 23.0% | 1,436 / 5,004 |
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
- 4 Apr 2025First competition: Xi'an Cherry Blossom 2025. A 9.83 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Xi'an Autumn 2025 · 2 Nov 2025
- Xi'an Summer 2025 · 19 Jul 2025
- Xi'an Cherry Blossom 2025 · 4 Apr 2025 — 2 personal bests set
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.
- Yanchen Long (龙彦辰) — met in 11 rounds, finished ahead 7 times
- Zhijie He (何智劼) — met in 11 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
- Xuyi Wang (汪绪奕) — met in 11 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.37 away.
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.46 away.
Targets move as he improves.