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Miaomiao Zhao (赵苗苗)

2×2 · top 4.5% of 186,767 all-time · competing since January 2020 · 2020ZHAO02

Miaomiao Zhao (赵苗苗) has been competing for 7 years. Her best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.96, set at Zhengzhou Summer 2021, puts her in the top 4.5% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 606th in China. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 6 competitions since January 2020, she has put 104 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, her 3×3 times vary about 10% around a typical one, an early reading from 9 counted rounds. Her 3×3 best has come down from 11.99 in January 2020 to 10.12, a 16% improvement. Miaomiao has entered six competitions, more competitions than 86% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 4.5% of 186,767 all-time
1.96
signature single · Zhengzhou Summer 2021
104
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChina
2×21.964.36
top 4.5%606 / 15,796
3×310.1211.74
top 7.8%3,051 / 28,153
Pyraminx4.666.87
top 11.2%1,326 / 10,224
Clock8.579.69
top 17.8%394 / 1,843
Skewb5.436.73
top 21.4%1,340 / 5,004
4×455.3859.93
top 31.2%3,153 / 5,926
3×3 one-handed30.58
early days — 2 solves4,202 / 5,922

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

Xi'an New Year 2020: 11.99Xi'an Cherry Blossom AM 2021: 11.61Zhengzhou Summer 2021: 12.15Luoyang Spring 2024: 10.12Xi'an Summer 2025: 10.2610.1212.151 Jan 202019 Jul 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 her.

Next targets

  • A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.96 away.
  • A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 0.12 away.

Targets move as she improves.