People · China
Zhiyuan Song (宋致远)
3×3 · top 8.0% of 284,439 all-time · competing since May 2026 · 2026SONG16
Zhiyuan Song (宋致远) has been competing for 3 months. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 10.20, set at Liuzhou Open 2026, puts him in the top 8.0% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 3,154th in China. Until May 2007, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 1 competition since May 2026, he has put 29 official solves on the record across four events.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | China | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 10.20 | 11.43 | top 8.0% | 3,154 / 28,153 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 16.95 | 19.03 | top 12.4% | 1,220 / 5,922 | |
| 2×2 | 3.03 | 4.49 | top 14.6% | 2,296 / 15,796 | |
| 4×4 | 46.60 | 58.79 | top 20.3% | 2,186 / 5,926 |
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 story so far
- 24 May 2026First competition: Liuzhou Open 2026. A 10.20 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- 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.
- Huanyi Tan (谭焕疑) — met in 6 rounds, finished ahead twice
- Tiancong Lu (陆天聪) — met in 6 rounds, finished ahead once
- Jiayu Wang (王佳宇) — met in 6 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 0.20 away.
- A sub-15 3×3 one-handed single — 5,987 people have one; it is 1.95 away.
Targets move as he improves.