People · China
Yaxin Song (宋亚新)
3×3 one-handed · top 1.7% of 73,695 all-time · competing since December 2023 · 2023SONG24
Yaxin Song (宋亚新) has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the 3×3 one-handed: a personal-best single of 10.89, set at Xi'an Cherry Blossom 2025, puts him in the top 1.7% of the 73,695 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 145th in China. Until July 2011, no official 3×3 one-handed solve in the world had been that fast. Across 5 competitions since December 2023, he has put 124 official solves on the record across nine events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, an early reading from 9 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 9.00 in April 2024 to 7.77, a 14% improvement. Yaxin 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 one-handed | 10.89 | 14.54 | top 1.7% | 145 / 5,922 | |
| 3×3 | 7.77 | 9.22 | top 2.4% | 868 / 28,153 | |
| 4×4 | 30.65 | 37.44 | top 3.2% | 324 / 5,926 | |
| 5×5 | 1:00.94 | 1:06.04 | top 6.0% | 284 / 2,816 | |
| 2×2 | 3.05 | 3.58 | top 14.8% | 2,346 / 15,796 | |
| Pyraminx | 6.48 | 7.55 | top 23.7% | 2,688 / 10,224 | |
| 6×6 | 2:50.02 | 2:54.50 | early days — 3 solves | 751 / 1,349 | |
| Clock | 12.38 | 13.24 | top 36.8% | 881 / 1,843 | |
| Skewb | 9.29 | 11.54 | top 50.4% | 2,848 / 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 2025Four personal bests in one day at Xi'an Cherry Blossom 2025.
- 4 Jan 2025Three personal bests in one day at Xi'an New Year 2025.
- 24 Dec 2023First competition: Xi'an Open 2023.
Competitions
- Xi'an Autumn 2025 · 2 Nov 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Xi'an Cherry Blossom 2025 · 4 Apr 2025 — 4 personal bests set
- Xi'an New Year 2025 · 4 Jan 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Xi'an Cherry Blossom 2024 · 5 Apr 2024
- Xi'an Open 2023 · 24 Dec 2023
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.
- Wuouran Liu (刘巫偶然) — met in 25 rounds, finished ahead 12 times
- Zhijie He (何智劼) — met in 21 rounds, finished ahead 9 times
- Xinyun Chen (陈新运) — met in 21 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
Next targets
- A sub-10 3×3 one-handed single — 779 people have one; it is 0.89 away.
- A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 1.77 away.
Targets move as he improves.