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Mengxiao Tang (唐孟骁)
Pyraminx · top 9.1% of 129,321 all-time · competing since August 2013 · 2013TANG09
Mengxiao Tang (唐孟骁) has been competing for 13 years. His best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 4.28, set at Chongqing Open 2016, puts him in the top 9.1% of the 129,321 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,083rd in China. Until September 2006, no official Pyraminx solve in the world had been that fast. Across 4 competitions since August 2013, he has put 137 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one, an early reading from 6 counted rounds. His Pyraminx best has come down from 5.30 in August 2013 to 4.28, a 19% improvement. Mengxiao has entered four competitions, more competitions than 78% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | China | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pyraminx | 4.28 | 5.52 | top 9.1% | 1,083 / 10,224 | |
| 2×2 | 3.14 | 5.07 | top 15.9% | 2,538 / 15,796 | |
| 3×3 | 15.08 | 17.27 | top 24.7% | 9,318 / 28,153 | |
| 4×4 | 59.40 | 1:06.34 | top 35.8% | 3,537 / 5,926 | |
| Skewb | 8.88 | 9.36 | top 47.6% | 2,736 / 5,004 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 38.47 | 44.49 | top 63.1% | 5,035 / 5,922 | |
| Clock | 23.94 | 28.20 | top 74.6% | 1,578 / 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
- 10 Aug 2013First competition: Chongqing Open 2013. A 15.08 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Chongqing Open 2016 · 16 Jul 2016 — 1 personal best set
- Chongqing Open 2014 · 9 Aug 2014 — 2 personal bests set
- Chengdu Open 2014 · 2 May 2014 — 2 personal bests set
- Chongqing Open 2013 · 10 Aug 2013
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.
- Xin Shi (石欣) — met in 20 rounds, finished ahead 8 times
- Yujie Rao (饶喻杰) — met in 19 rounds, finished ahead 8 times
- Bo Wang (王擘) — met in 18 rounds, finished ahead 7 times
Next targets
- A sub-4 Pyraminx single — 9,892 people have one; it is 0.28 away.
- A sub-3 2×2 single — 26,570 people have one; it is 0.14 away.
Targets move as he improves.