People · China
Meng Zhang (张萌)
Pyraminx · top 0.55% of 129,321 all-time · competing since March 2024 · 2024ZHAN32
Meng Zhang (张萌) has been competing for 2 years. Her best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 1.60, set at Nanchang Summer 2026, puts her in the top 0.55% of the 129,321 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 55th in China. Until March 2013, no official Pyraminx solve in the world had been that fast. Across 8 competitions since March 2024, she has put 163 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, her 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one, an early reading from 9 counted rounds. That figure sets aside her 10 DNFs. Her Pyraminx best has come down from 2.11 in April 2024 to 1.60, a 24% improvement. Meng has entered eight competitions, more competitions than 90% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | China | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pyraminx | 1.60 | 2.41 | top 0.55% | 55 / 10,224 | |
| Skewb | 2.71 | 5.09 | top 3.7% | 189 / 5,004 | |
| 3×3 | 8.88 | 9.51 | top 4.6% | 1,755 / 28,153 | |
| 2×2 | 2.61 | 3.71 | top 10.0% | 1,515 / 15,796 | |
| 4×4 | 1:01.57 | — | early days — 2 solves | 3,722 / 5,926 | |
| Clock | 16.95 | 19.75 | top 55.3% | 1,278 / 1,843 |
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, Pyraminx. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 21 Apr 2024First sub-10 3×3: 8.88 at Nanchang Spring 2024.
- 30 Mar 2024First competition: Xuzhou Open 2024.
Competitions
- Nanchang Summer 2026 · 18 Jul 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Lishui Open 2025 · 25 May 2025
- Hangzhou Open 2024 · 15 Dec 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Deqing Small Cubes Summer 2024 · 25 Aug 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Guangzhou Special 2024 · 2 Jun 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Nanchang Spring 2024 · 21 Apr 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Kunshan Open 2024 · 14 Apr 2024
- Xuzhou Open 2024 · 30 Mar 2024
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 her.
- Ruimin Yan (颜瑞民) — met in 26 rounds, finished ahead 14 times
- Ziheng Feng (冯梓恒) — met in 24 rounds, finished ahead 7 times
- Yening Liu (刘烨宁) — met in 24 rounds, finished ahead twice
Next targets
- A sub-1 Pyraminx single — 49 people have one; it is 0.60 away.
- A sub-2 Skewb single — 1,013 people have one; it is 0.71 away.
Targets move as she improves.