People · China
Jingming Xu (许菁铭)
2×2 · top 0.54% of 186,767 all-time · competing since October 2017 · 2017XUJI06
Jingming Xu (许菁铭) has been competing for 9 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 0.99, set at Shenzhen Cubing 10th Anniversary 2019, puts him in the top 0.54% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 54th in China. Until November 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 12 competitions since October 2017, he has put 444 official solves on the record across twelve events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one; 88% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 24.85 in October 2017 to 7.97, a 68% improvement. Jingming has entered twelve competitions, more competitions than 94% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | China | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 0.99 | 3.71 | top 0.54% | 54 / 15,796 | |
| Megaminx | 34.64 | 39.13 | top 0.63% | 12 / 1,678 | |
| 5×5 | 47.57 | 57.42 | top 1.2% | 43 / 2,816 | |
| 6×6 | 1:29.70 | 1:34.65 | top 1.9% | 31 / 1,349 | |
| 7×7 | 2:20.64 | 2:34.54 | top 2.4% | 44 / 1,261 | |
| 4×4 | 29.37 | 31.70 | top 2.5% | 239 / 5,926 | |
| 3×3 | 7.97 | 9.21 | top 2.7% | 989 / 28,153 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 14.63 | 17.51 | top 7.3% | 710 / 5,922 | |
| Pyraminx | 3.98 | 5.33 | top 7.5% | 890 / 10,224 | |
| Clock | 6.25 | 6.96 | top 8.1% | 166 / 1,843 | |
| Skewb | 5.12 | 8.17 | top 19.1% | 1,186 / 5,004 | |
| Square-1 | 17.62 | 21.45 | top 22.5% | 362 / 1,362 |
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
- 6 Feb 2026Six personal bests in one day at Guangdong Open - Revival & Rival 2026.
- 24 Dec 2023Four personal bests in one day at Shenzhen Open 2023.
- 9 Jan 2021Three personal bests in one day at Shenzhen Good Afternoon 2021.
- 24 Aug 2019Four personal bests in one day at Shenzhen Cubing 10th Anniversary 2019.
- 26 Jul 2019Four personal bests in one day at China Championship 2019.
- 13 Jan 2019Three personal bests in one day at Dongguan Open 2019.
Competitions
- Guangdong Open - Revival & Rival 2026 · 6 Feb 2026 — 6 personal bests set
- Guangzhou Big Cubes 2025 · 21 Dec 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Shenzhen Open 2023 · 24 Dec 2023 — 4 personal bests set
- Shenzhen Good Afternoon 2021 · 9 Jan 2021 — 3 personal bests set
- Shenzhen Cubing 10th Anniversary 2019 · 24 Aug 2019 — 4 personal bests set
- China Championship 2019 · 26 Jul 2019 — 4 personal bests set
- Dongguan Open 2019 · 13 Jan 2019 — 3 personal bests set
- Shenzhen Nanshan 2018 · 18 Nov 2018 — 1 personal best set
- China Championship 2018 · 2 Oct 2018 — 7 personal bests set
- Shenzhen Open 2018 · 21 Jul 2018 — 4 personal bests set
- GDSY Open 2018 · 24 Mar 2018 — 3 personal bests set
- China's 10th Anniversary Championship 2017 · 1 Oct 2017
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.
- Zijian Cai (蔡子健) — met in 58 rounds, finished ahead 11 times
- Xusheng Hong (洪旭升) — met in 51 rounds, finished ahead 39 times
- Junliang Huang (黄骏亮) — met in 43 rounds, finished ahead 8 times
Next targets
- A sub-30 Megaminx single — 75 people have one; it is 4.64 away.
- A sub-40 5×5 single — 68 people have one; it is 7.57 away.
Targets move as he improves.