People · China
Yaheng Song (宋亚恒)
3×3 · top 12.0% of 284,439 all-time · competing since November 2015 · 2015SONG11
Yaheng Song (宋亚恒) has been competing for 11 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 11.46, set at Hubei University Shahu Spring 2018, puts him in the top 12.0% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 4,742nd in China. Across 9 competitions since November 2015, he has put 205 official solves on the record across eleven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, steadier than 93% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 19.83 in November 2015 to 11.46, a 42% improvement. Yaheng has entered nine competitions, more competitions than 91% 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 | 11.46 | 13.57 | top 12.0% | 4,742 / 28,153 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 17.53 | 23.35 | top 13.9% | 1,377 / 5,922 | |
| 4×4 | 42.52 | 55.15 | top 15.1% | 1,633 / 5,926 | |
| Skewb | 4.85 | 11.69 | top 17.0% | 1,053 / 5,004 | |
| 2×2 | 3.97 | 5.08 | top 26.1% | 4,403 / 15,796 | |
| Pyraminx | 8.63 | 12.99 | top 41.6% | 4,470 / 10,224 | |
| Megaminx | 2:16.42 | 2:32.32 | top 54.5% | 1,378 / 1,678 | |
| 5×5 | 2:15.48 | — | early days — 2 solves | 2,324 / 2,816 | |
| 3×3 blindfolded | 3:21.23 | 3:57.30 | top 58.5% | 810 / 1,183 | |
| Square-1 | 37.16 | 43.40 | top 61.5% | 1,033 / 1,362 | |
| Clock | 27.15 | — | early days — 3 solves | 1,656 / 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
Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 26 May 2018Three personal bests in one day at HUST Open 2018.
- 25 Mar 2018Three personal bests in one day at Hubei University Shahu Spring 2018.
- 11 Jun 2017Four personal bests in one day at Luoyang Open 2017.
- 25 Mar 2017Five personal bests in one day at ZUA Open 2017.
- 19 Mar 2017Five personal bests in one day at Wuhan Chuyun Spring 2017.
- 10 Jul 2016First sub-15 3×3: 14.85 at Nanchang Open 2016.
Competitions
- WHUT Open 2018 · 9 Dec 2018 — 1 personal best set
- HUST Open 2018 · 26 May 2018 — 3 personal bests set
- Hubei University Shahu Spring 2018 · 25 Mar 2018 — 3 personal bests set
- HUST Special Cubes Open 2017 · 15 Oct 2017
- Luoyang Open 2017 · 11 Jun 2017 — 4 personal bests set
- ZUA Open 2017 · 25 Mar 2017 — 5 personal bests set
- Wuhan Chuyun Spring 2017 · 19 Mar 2017 — 5 personal bests set
- Nanchang Open 2016 · 10 Jul 2016 — 2 personal bests set
- Wuhan University Open 2015 · 1 Nov 2015
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.
- Yikang Chen (陈毅康) — met in 26 rounds, finished ahead twice
- Xiaowei Wang (王晓伟) — met in 25 rounds, never finished ahead
- Junze Zhao (赵俊泽) — met in 25 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 1.46 away.
- A sub-15 3×3 one-handed single — 5,987 people have one; it is 2.53 away.
Targets move as he improves.