People · China
Zhiyuan Song (宋致远)
3×3 one-handed · top 3.5% of 74,621 all-time · competing since May 2026 · 2026SONG16
Zhiyuan Song (宋致远) has been competing for 5 months. His best event is the 3×3 one-handed: a personal-best single of 12.31, set at Guilin Open 2026, puts him in the top 3.5% of the 74,621 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 312th in China. Until January 2010, no official 3×3 one-handed solve in the world had been that fast. Across 2 competitions since May 2026, he has put 49 official solves on the record across four events. Zhiyuan has entered two competitions.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | China | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 one-handed | 12.31 | 13.94 | top 3.5% | 312 / 5,994 | |
| 3×3 | 9.57 | 10.94 | top 6.3% | 2,495 / 28,499 | |
| 2×2 | 3.03 | 4.49 | top 14.6% | 2,343 / 15,939 | |
| 4×4 | 46.60 | 58.79 | top 20.4% | 2,229 / 5,999 |
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
- 18 Oct 2026First sub-10 3×3: 9.84 at Guilin Open 2026.
- 18 Oct 2026Three personal bests in one day at Guilin Open 2026.
- 24 May 2026First competition: Liuzhou Open 2026. A 10.20 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Guilin Open 2026 · 18 Oct 2026 — 3 personal bests set
- Liuzhou Open 2026 · 24 May 2026 — 1 personal best 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.
- Jun Wen (文俊) — met in 10 rounds, never finished ahead
- Huanyi Tan (谭焕疑) — met in 9 rounds, finished ahead 5 times
- Tiancong Lu (陆天聪) — met in 9 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
Next targets
- A sub-12 3×3 one-handed single — 2,239 people have one; it is 0.31 away.
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 8,101 people have one; it is 1.57 away.
Targets move as he improves.