People · China
Meng Yuan (袁梦)
3×3 one-handed · top 1.2% of 73,695 all-time · competing since September 2017 · 2017YUAN10
Meng Yuan (袁梦) has been competing for 9 years. His best event is the 3×3 one-handed: a personal-best single of 10.23, set at Xuzhou Open 2024, puts him in the top 1.2% of the 73,695 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 110th in China. Until December 2011, no official 3×3 one-handed solve in the world had been that fast. Across 14 competitions since September 2017, he has put 777 official solves on the record across 13 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, steadier than 58% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 10.25 in September 2017 to 7.52, a 27% improvement. Meng has entered 14 competitions, more competitions than 95% 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 one-handed | 10.23 | 14.02 | top 1.2% | 110 / 5,922 | |
| 3×3 | 7.52 | 9.06 | top 2.0% | 717 / 28,153 | |
| 2×2 | 1.95 | 3.80 | top 4.4% | 597 / 15,796 | |
| 4×4 | 36.16 | 40.50 | top 7.8% | 808 / 5,926 | |
| Pyraminx | 4.55 | 6.23 | top 10.5% | 1,249 / 10,224 | |
| Skewb | 4.15 | 6.10 | top 11.9% | 707 / 5,004 | |
| 5×5 | 1:19.57 | 1:31.58 | top 18.8% | 895 / 2,816 | |
| Clock | 10.75 | 11.94 | top 28.9% | 674 / 1,843 | |
| Megaminx | 1:45.41 | 2:06.99 | top 37.8% | 1,105 / 1,678 | |
| Square-1 | 32.65 | — | top 54.4% | 933 / 1,362 | |
| 3×3 Fewest Moves | 43 moves | — | early days — 1 solve | 691 / 1,058 | |
| 7×7 | 5:32.57 | 5:46.78 | top 60.4% | 1,008 / 1,261 | |
| 6×6 | 4:22.78 | 4:50.04 | top 72.6% | 1,212 / 1,349 |
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
- 24 Nov 2018Four personal bests in one day at Xuzhou Winter 2018.
- 2 Oct 2018Six personal bests in one day at China Championship 2018.
- 14 Jul 2018Six personal bests in one day at Hefei Summer 2018.
- 4 Nov 2017First sub-10 3×3: 8.58 at Nanjing Autumn 2017.
- 4 Nov 2017Five personal bests in one day at Nanjing Autumn 2017.
- 5 Oct 2017Three personal bests in one day at Hefei Open 2017.
Competitions
- Xuzhou Open 2025 · 16 Nov 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Xuzhou Open 2024 · 30 Mar 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Wuxi Open 2019 · 10 Aug 2019 — 1 personal best set
- China Championship 2019 · 26 Jul 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Heze Open 2019 · 21 Jul 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- Xuzhou Winter 2018 · 24 Nov 2018 — 4 personal bests set
- China Championship 2018 · 2 Oct 2018 — 6 personal bests set
- Hefei Summer 2018 · 14 Jul 2018 — 6 personal bests set
- Xuzhou Open 2018 · 17 Jun 2018 — 1 personal best set
- Nanjing Spring 2018 · 30 Apr 2018 — 2 personal bests set
- Qingdao Open 2018 · 25 Mar 2018 — 1 personal best set
- Nanjing Autumn 2017 · 4 Nov 2017 — 5 personal bests set
- Hefei Open 2017 · 5 Oct 2017 — 3 personal bests set
- Xuchang Open 2017 · 24 Sep 2017 — 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.
- Xingkai Yin (尹星凯) — met in 111 rounds, finished ahead 39 times
- Xuechao Zhang (张学超) — met in 73 rounds, finished ahead 14 times · head to head
- Jiayu Wang (王佳宇) — met in 71 rounds, finished ahead 10 times
Next targets
- A sub-10 3×3 one-handed single — 779 people have one; it is 0.23 away.
- A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 1.52 away.
Targets move as he improves.