People · China
Yiming Song (宋一鸣)
3×3 · top 5.4% of 284,439 all-time · competing since December 2015 · 2015SONG15
Yiming Song (宋一鸣) has been competing for 11 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 9.21, set at Chengdu Welcoming Summer 2026, puts him in the top 5.4% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 2,071st in China. Until February 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 5 competitions since December 2015, he has put 120 official solves on the record across four events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 68% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 13.93 in December 2015 to 9.21, a 34% improvement. Yiming 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 | 9.21 | 11.15 | top 5.4% | 2,071 / 28,153 | |
| 2×2 | 3.01 | 4.50 | top 14.3% | 2,245 / 15,796 | |
| 4×4 | 41.93 | 48.09 | top 14.4% | 1,560 / 5,926 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 19.89 | 25.48 | top 20.2% | 2,011 / 5,922 |
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
- 15 Oct 2023First sub-10 3×3: 9.45 at Chengdu Flash Cube Open 2023.
- 15 Oct 2023Three personal bests in one day at Chengdu Flash Cube Open 2023.
- 9 Jun 2018Three personal bests in one day at Harbin Open 2018.
- 17 Dec 2017Three personal bests in one day at Heilongjiang Colleges Open 2017.
- 20 Dec 2015First competition: Heilongjiang Open 2015. A 13.93 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Chengdu Welcoming Summer 2026 · 4 May 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Chengdu Flash Cube Open 2023 · 15 Oct 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- Harbin Open 2018 · 9 Jun 2018 — 3 personal bests set
- Heilongjiang Colleges Open 2017 · 17 Dec 2017 — 3 personal bests set
- Heilongjiang Open 2015 · 20 Dec 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.
- Sheng Cao (曹晟) — met in 15 rounds, never finished ahead
- Yang Li (李洋) — met in 14 rounds, finished ahead 9 times
- Yusheng Du (杜宇生) — met in 12 rounds, finished ahead twice
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.21 away.
- A sub-3 2×2 single — 26,570 people have one; it is 0.01 away.
Targets move as he improves.