People · China
Cheng Min (闵程)
3×3 blindfolded · top 8.9% of 12,178 all-time · competing since August 2012 · 2012MINC01
Cheng Min (闵程) has been competing for 14 years. His best event is the 3×3 blindfolded: a personal-best single of 47.09, set at Taiyuan Winter 2019, puts him in the top 8.9% of the 12,178 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 136th in China. Until July 2009, no official 3×3 blindfolded solve in the world had been that fast. Across 5 competitions since August 2012, he has put 14 official solves on the record across four events. Cheng 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 blindfolded | 47.09 | — | top 8.9% | 136 / 1,183 | |
| 3×3 | 26.98 | 33.46 | top 56.8% | 17,630 / 28,153 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 38.12 | — | early days — 2 solves | 5,009 / 5,922 | |
| 4×4 | 1:57.03 | — | early days — 3 solves | 5,652 / 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
- 5 Aug 2012First competition: Hefei Summer 2012. A 26.98 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Taiyuan Winter 2019 · 22 Dec 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Hengyang Open 2019 · 18 May 2019
- Wuhu Open 2019 · 27 Apr 2019
- Hefei Spring 2019 · 23 Mar 2019
- Hefei Summer 2012 · 5 Aug 2012
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.
- Yunqi Ouyang (欧阳韵奇) — met in 3 rounds, finished ahead once
- Shenghai Fang (方胜海) — met in 3 rounds, never finished ahead
- Lichao Liu (刘立超) — met in 3 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-40 3×3 blindfolded single — 826 people have one; it is 7.09 away.
- A sub-25 3×3 single — 149,621 people have one; it is 1.98 away.
Targets move as he improves.