People · China
Meng'an Pu (浦梦安)
3×3 · top 4.5% of 284,439 all-time · competing since July 2011 · 2011PUME01
Meng'an Pu (浦梦安) has been competing for 15 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.82, set at Hefei Summer Open 2014, puts him in the top 4.5% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,698th in China. Until May 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 23 competitions since July 2011, he has put 848 official solves on the record across nine events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, steadier than 55% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 10.43 in July 2011 to 8.82, a 15% improvement. He has entered 23 competitions, more competitions than 97% 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 | 8.82 | 10.06 | top 4.5% | 1,698 / 28,153 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 14.08 | 15.86 | top 6.3% | 590 / 5,922 | |
| 3×3 blindfolded | 38.82 | 1:05.18 | top 6.5% | 113 / 1,183 | |
| 4×4 | 35.30 | 40.26 | top 7.0% | 699 / 5,926 | |
| 2×2 | 2.43 | 4.17 | top 8.2% | 1,205 / 15,796 | |
| Pyraminx | 5.26 | 8.14 | top 14.8% | 1,747 / 10,224 | |
| 5×5 | 1:28.37 | 1:35.87 | top 25.9% | 1,206 / 2,816 | |
| 3×3 Multi-Blind | 4 of 4 cubes · 34:41 | — | top 43.9% | 121 / 278 | |
| 3×3 Fewest Moves | 44 moves | — | early days — 1 solve | 737 / 1,058 |
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 Apr 2013Three personal bests in one day at Nanjing Normal University 2013.
- 10 Mar 2012First sub-10 3×3: 9.09 at Hefei Spring 2012.
- 10 Mar 2012Three personal bests in one day at Hefei Spring 2012.
- 3 Oct 2011Three personal bests in one day at Suzhou Open 2011.
- 31 Jul 2011First competition: Shandong Open 2011. A 12.93 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Nanjing Spring 2018 · 30 Apr 2018 — 1 personal best set
- Suzhou Open 2017 · 16 Sep 2017
- Zhenjiang Open 2016 · 20 Nov 2016
- Nanjing Autumn 2014 · 18 Oct 2014 — 1 personal best set
- Nantong Open 2014 · 19 Jul 2014 — 1 personal best set
- Hefei Summer Open 2014 · 13 Jul 2014 — 2 personal bests set
- Suzhou Open 2014 · 12 Jul 2014 — 2 personal bests set
- Nanjing Spring 2014 · 7 Apr 2014 — 1 personal best set
- Wuxi Open 2013 · 17 Aug 2013
- Hefei Open 2013 · 27 Jul 2013 — 1 personal best set
- Nanjing Normal University 2013 · 6 Apr 2013 — 3 personal bests set
- Zhejiang University 2013 · 23 Mar 2013
- Nanjing Winter 2012 · 25 Nov 2012 — 1 personal best set
- Suzhou Open 2012 · 10 Nov 2012 — 1 personal best set
- Hefei Summer 2012 · 5 Aug 2012
- Qingdao Open 2012 · 29 Jul 2012 — 1 personal best set
- Shanghai Summer 2012 · 21 Jul 2012 — 1 personal best set
- Shanghai Donghua 2012 · 7 Apr 2012
- Nanjing Spring 2012 · 25 Mar 2012 — 2 personal bests set
- Hefei Spring 2012 · 10 Mar 2012 — 3 personal bests set
- Shanghai Port Open 2011 · 26 Nov 2011
- Suzhou Open 2011 · 3 Oct 2011 — 3 personal bests set
- Shandong Open 2011 · 31 Jul 2011 — 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.
- Yinghao Wang (王鹰豪) — met in 146 rounds, finished ahead 56 times
- Lin Chen (陈霖) — met in 71 rounds, finished ahead 13 times
- Nan Bai (柏楠) — met in 68 rounds, finished ahead 55 times · head to head
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.82 away.
- A sub-12 3×3 one-handed single — 2,187 people have one; it is 2.08 away.
Targets move as he improves.