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Ming Dao Ting

3×3 · top 6.0% of 284,439 all-time · competing since June 2018 · 2018TING05

Ming Dao Ting has been competing for 8 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 9.47, set at Toowoomba Carnival of Cubing 2026, puts him in the top 6.0% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 552nd in Australia. Until February 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 66 competitions since June 2018, he has put 2,321 official solves on the record across 17 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 66% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 19.45 in June 2018 to 9.47, a 51% improvement. Ming has entered 66 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 6.0% of 284,439 all-time
9.47
signature single · Toowoomba Carnival of Cubing 2026
2,321
official solves on the record
12%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 66% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingAustralia
3×39.4711.41
top 6.0%552 / 11,709
2×22.404.43
top 8.0%594 / 8,567
3×3 one-handed14.9719.40
top 8.1%188 / 2,659
Skewb3.808.11
top 9.6%247 / 3,534
4×438.9149.50
top 10.9%281 / 3,051
Pyraminx4.838.32
top 12.1%568 / 5,993
3×3 Multi-Blind10 of 10 cubes · 57:59—
top 18.3%40 / 180
3×3 blindfolded1:24.381:42.59
top 21.2%107 / 394
5×51:26.131:38.01
top 24.2%325 / 1,356
Megaminx1:26.271:39.02
top 25.8%323 / 1,277
Square-121.4028.78
top 31.1%303 / 899
3×3 Fewest Moves36 moves39.67
top 33.6%156 / 468
Clock12.5113.81
top 37.4%388 / 1,095
6×63:03.523:14.81
top 42.7%266 / 641
7×75:12.085:22.22
top 54.5%268 / 523
4×4 blindfolded12:14.0018:39.00
top 67.6%72 / 96
5×5 blindfolded37:54.00—
early days — 1 solve48 / 51

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

Brisbane Winter 2018: 19.45Australian Nationals 2018: 21.39Northside Cube Day 2019: 16.33Koalafication Brisbane 2019: 14.82WCA World Championship 2019: 13.03Gold Coast Spring 2019: 13.78Odd Day in Sydney 2019: 14.39Northside Cube Days 2020: 12.43Turn Around Tassie 2020: 13.00Brisbane Is Back On 2021: 13.18Turning in Townsville 2021: 12.01Northside Duology Part 1 2022: 9.96Adelaide Summer 2022: 10.19Brisbane Autumn 2022: 11.37Brisbane's 20 in 21 in 2022: 12.13Queensland Open 2022: 11.19Runaway Bay Sunday Challenge 2022: 11.61Australian Nationals 2022: 12.20Northside Spring Saturday 2022: 12.05Adelaide Summer 2023: 11.87Brisbane Summer 2023: 11.74Brilliant Ballarat 2023: 11.98Runaway Bay May Saturday 2023: 12.20Queensland Open 2023: 11.61Rubik's WCA World Championship 2023: 12.29U Cube at UQ Sunday 2023: 12.43Australian Nationals 2023: 11.60QUT Qube Challenge Sunday 2023: 11.82Brisbane Summer 2024: 12.53Cubing in Corinda Saturday 2024: 11.78Solving In Sale 2024: 11.42Turning in Townsville 2024: 11.31Queensland Open 2024: 10.36Australian Nationals 2024: 12.65MarsdeNxN 2024: 11.39CubingUSA Great Lakes Championship 2024: 11.98Speedy Southport 2024: 10.78Adelaide Summer 2025: 10.89Brisbane Summer 2025: 10.57QLD State Championship 2025: 10.82Rubik's WCA World Championship 2025: 12.37Australian Nationals 2025: 11.39Speedy Southport 2025: 11.27Melbourne Summer 2026: 11.08Cube Against Cancer Brisbane 2026: 11.39Queensland Open 2026: 11.80Toowoomba Carnival of Cubing 2026: 9.479.4721.3930 Jun 20188 Aug 2026

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 his.

Next targets

  • A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.47 away.
  • A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.40 away.

Targets move as he improves.