People · China
Menghao Zhao (赵梦豪)
Skewb · top 5.4% of 73,281 all-time · competing since November 2016 · 2016ZHAO61
Menghao Zhao (赵梦豪) has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the Skewb: a personal-best single of 3.09, set at Xi'an Cherry Blossom 2018, puts him in the top 5.4% of the 73,281 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 301st in China. Until February 2014, no official Skewb solve in the world had been that fast. Across 12 competitions since November 2016, he has put 323 official solves on the record across ten events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 10% around a typical one, steadier than 98% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His Skewb best has come down from 9.97 in January 2017 to 3.09, a 69% improvement. Menghao 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Skewb | 3.09 | 4.66 | top 5.4% | 301 / 5,004 | |
| 3×3 | 11.37 | 13.06 | top 11.7% | 4,597 / 28,153 | |
| Pyraminx | 5.27 | 6.53 | top 14.9% | 1,759 / 10,224 | |
| 4×4 | 42.78 | 50.65 | top 15.5% | 1,676 / 5,926 | |
| 2×2 | 3.21 | 4.94 | top 16.7% | 2,684 / 15,796 | |
| Megaminx | 1:26.54 | 1:33.74 | top 25.9% | 798 / 1,678 | |
| 5×5 | 1:30.62 | 1:42.60 | top 27.8% | 1,276 / 2,816 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 27.58 | 30.41 | top 40.8% | 3,745 / 5,922 | |
| Clock | 13.79 | 14.84 | top 42.9% | 1,015 / 1,843 | |
| Square-1 | 31.79 | 37.92 | top 52.8% | 911 / 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, Skewb. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 27 Oct 2019Three personal bests in one day at Lanzhou Autumn 2019.
- 7 Jul 2019Three personal bests in one day at Linfen Open 2019.
- 6 Apr 2018Three personal bests in one day at Xi'an Cherry Blossom 2018.
- 28 Jul 2017First sub-15 3×3: 13.30 at China Championship 2017.
- 2 Apr 2017First sub-20 3×3: 18.78 at Xi'an Cherry Blossom 2017.
- 27 Nov 2016First competition: XJTU Open 2016. A 24.21 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Xi'an New Year 2025 · 4 Jan 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Xi'an Open 2023 · 24 Dec 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Xi'an Cherry Blossom Special 2021 · 10 Apr 2021 — 1 personal best set
- Xi'an New Year 2020 · 1 Jan 2020 — 2 personal bests set
- Lanzhou Autumn 2019 · 27 Oct 2019 — 3 personal bests set
- Baoji Open 2019 · 11 Aug 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- Linfen Open 2019 · 7 Jul 2019 — 3 personal bests set
- Xi'an Cherry Blossom 2018 · 6 Apr 2018 — 3 personal bests set
- China Championship 2017 · 28 Jul 2017 — 2 personal bests set
- Xi'an Cherry Blossom 2017 · 2 Apr 2017 — 2 personal bests set
- Xi'an New Year 2017 · 2 Jan 2017 — 1 personal best set
- XJTU Open 2016 · 27 Nov 2016
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.
- Yujia Wu (吴语嘉) — met in 48 rounds, finished ahead 9 times · head to head
- Haonan Su (苏浩楠) — met in 40 rounds, finished ahead 23 times
- Zhiwu Jiang (姜智午) — met in 36 rounds, finished ahead 15 times
Next targets
- A sub-3 Skewb single — 3,646 people have one; it is 0.09 away.
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 1.37 away.
Targets move as he improves.