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Mike Zheng

Megaminx · top 2.9% of 34,786 all-time · competing since May 2022 · 2022ZHEN06

Mike Zheng has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the Megaminx: a personal-best single of 44.36, set at Lexington Weeknights III 2024, puts him in the top 2.9% of the 34,786 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 201st in the United States. Until April 2011, no official Megaminx solve in the world had been that fast. Across 14 competitions since May 2022, he has put 399 official solves on the record across eleven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, steadier than 51% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His Megaminx best has come down from 59.07 in May 2022 to 44.36, a 25% improvement. Mike has entered 14 competitions, more competitions than 95% of everyone who has ever competed.

Megaminx
best event — top 2.9% of 34,786 all-time
44.36
signature single · Lexington Weeknights III 2024
399
official solves on the record
13%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 51% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
Megaminx44.3651.83
top 2.9%201 / 7,841
3×310.0211.67
top 7.5%4,131 / 59,724
2×22.384.07
top 7.8%3,062 / 40,951
Pyraminx4.668.65
top 11.2%2,908 / 28,708
4×441.0348.32
top 13.3%1,978 / 19,072
Skewb4.677.65
top 15.7%2,465 / 18,907
5×51:16.551:22.27
top 16.5%1,281 / 9,401
7×73:38.523:57.58
top 22.9%650 / 3,184
6×62:27.352:30.31
top 24.2%861 / 4,196
Square-135.501:12.55
top 59.2%3,913 / 6,743
Clock52.32—
early days — 3 solves8,752 / 8,927

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

CubingUSA Northeast Championship 2022: 59.07Mega Minds in Central Square 2023: 53.48Quick in Quincy 2023: 52.11Central Square Trifecta 2023: 49.53New Hampshire Summer 2024: 48.25Wakefield MA Summer 2024: 47.25Lexington Weeknights III 2024: 44.36CubingUSA New England Championship 2024: 49.25Brookline Favorites 2024: 48.78Quick in Quincy 2024: 50.84Christmastime in Cambridge 2024: 50.0244.3659.0727 May 202221 Dec 2024

Best single per competition, Megaminx. 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-40 Megaminx single — 557 people have one; it is 4.36 away.
  • A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 0.02 away.

Targets move as he improves.