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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.

3×3 one-handed
best event — top 1.2% of 73,695 all-time
10.23
signature single · Xuzhou Open 2024
777
official solves on the record
13%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 58% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChina
3×3 one-handed10.2314.02
top 1.2%110 / 5,922
3×37.529.06
top 2.0%717 / 28,153
2×21.953.80
top 4.4%597 / 15,796
4×436.1640.50
top 7.8%808 / 5,926
Pyraminx4.556.23
top 10.5%1,249 / 10,224
Skewb4.156.10
top 11.9%707 / 5,004
5×51:19.571:31.58
top 18.8%895 / 2,816
Clock10.7511.94
top 28.9%674 / 1,843
Megaminx1:45.412:06.99
top 37.8%1,105 / 1,678
Square-132.65
top 54.4%933 / 1,362
3×3 Fewest Moves43 moves
early days — 1 solve691 / 1,058
7×75:32.575:46.78
top 60.4%1,008 / 1,261
6×64:22.784:50.04
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

Xuchang Open 2017: 10.25Hefei Open 2017: 10.91Nanjing Autumn 2017: 8.58Qingdao Open 2018: 10.49Nanjing Spring 2018: 9.02Xuzhou Open 2018: 10.17Hefei Summer 2018: 10.71China Championship 2018: 9.51Xuzhou Winter 2018: 8.75Heze Open 2019: 9.01China Championship 2019: 8.62Xuzhou Open 2024: 7.66Xuzhou Open 2025: 7.527.5210.9124 Sep 201716 Nov 2025

Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.

The story so far

Competitions

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.

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.