People · China
Songyi Chen (陈松毅)
4×4 · top 4.4% of 83,917 all-time · competing since July 2018 · 2018CHES06
Songyi Chen (陈松毅) has been competing for 8 years. His best event is the 4×4: a personal-best single of 32.33, set at Meizhou Open 2019, puts him in the top 4.4% of the 83,917 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 431st in China. Until November 2010, no official 4×4 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 5 competitions since July 2018, he has put 98 official solves on the record across three events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 9% around a typical one, steadier than 99% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 15.65 in July 2018 to 9.91, a 37% improvement. Songyi has entered five competitions, more competitions than 83% 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 | 32.33 | 36.69 | top 4.4% | 431 / 5,926 | |
| 3×3 | 9.91 | 11.70 | top 7.2% | 2,809 / 28,153 | |
| 2×2 | 4.15 | 4.37 | top 28.4% | 4,828 / 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
- 24 Aug 2019First sub-10 3×3: 9.91 at Shenzhen Cubing 10th Anniversary 2019.
- 27 Jan 2019First sub-15 3×3: 12.28 at Jieyang Winter 2019.
- 27 Jan 2019Three personal bests in one day at Jieyang Winter 2019.
- 14 Jul 2018First competition: Zhangzhou Open 2018. A 15.65 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Shenzhen Cubing 10th Anniversary 2019 · 24 Aug 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Jieyang Open 2019 · 11 Aug 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Meizhou Open 2019 · 21 Jul 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- Jieyang Winter 2019 · 27 Jan 2019 — 3 personal bests set
- Zhangzhou Open 2018 · 14 Jul 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.
- Xusheng Hong (洪旭升) — met in 17 rounds, finished ahead 16 times
- Zixuan Liu (刘子瑄) — met in 14 rounds, finished ahead once
- Weijie Fang (方伟杰) — met in 14 rounds, finished ahead once
Next targets
- A sub-30 4×4 single — 2,388 people have one; it is 2.33 away.
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.91 away.
Targets move as he improves.