People · China
Ming Gao (高鸣)
3×3 Fewest Moves · top 6.3% of 12,418 all-time · competing since December 2007 · 2007MING01
Ming Gao (高鸣) has been competing for 19 years. His best event is the 3×3 Fewest Moves: a personal-best single of 26 moves, set at Asian Championship 2016, puts him in the top 6.3% of the 12,418 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 61st in China. Across 20 competitions since December 2007, he has put 452 official solves on the record across eleven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, steadier than 88% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 16.38 in May 2008 to 11.15, a 32% improvement. Ming has entered 20 competitions, more competitions than 97% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | China | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 Fewest Moves | 26 moves | 43.67 | top 6.3% | 61 / 1,071 | |
| 2×2 | 2.49 | 4.27 | top 8.9% | 1,323 / 15,939 | |
| 3×3 | 11.15 | 13.34 | top 11.0% | 4,383 / 28,499 | |
| Pyraminx | 7.65 | 9.82 | top 33.3% | 3,694 / 10,269 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 25.52 | 32.72 | top 35.7% | 3,435 / 5,994 | |
| 4×4 | 59.88 | 1:06.18 | top 36.4% | 3,638 / 5,999 | |
| 3×3 blindfolded | 2:27.52 | — | early days — 1 solve | 618 / 1,184 | |
| Skewb | 11.37 | 18.83 | top 62.9% | 3,434 / 5,030 | |
| Megaminx | 3:17.13 | 3:45.81 | top 80.0% | 1,613 / 1,693 | |
| Clock | 29.72 | 36.17 | top 84.0% | 1,742 / 1,887 | |
| 5×5 | 4:16.30 | — | early days — 2 solves | 2,824 / 2,857 |
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, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 9 May 2010Three personal bests in one day at Alpha Cube BUAA Open 2010.
- 20 Dec 2009Five personal bests in one day at Beijing Winter 2009.
- 21 Feb 2009First sub-15 3×3: 14.27 at Beijing Spring Open 2009.
- 21 Feb 2009Eight personal bests in one day at Beijing Spring Open 2009.
- 2 May 2008First sub-20 3×3: 16.38 at Beijing Spring Open 2008.
- 2 May 2008Four personal bests in one day at Beijing Spring Open 2008.
Competitions
- Beijing Spring PM 2021 · 4 Apr 2021
- China Championship 2018 · 2 Oct 2018 — 1 personal best set
- Beijing Open 2018 · 30 Apr 2018
- FMC Asia 2017 · 9 Dec 2017
- Beijing Open 2017 · 24 Jun 2017
- Asian Championship 2016 · 1 Oct 2016 — 1 personal best set
- BUAA Open 2014 · 16 Nov 2014 — 2 personal bests set
- Beijing Spring 2014 · 19 Apr 2014 — 1 personal best set
- Beijing Summer 2013 · 10 Aug 2013 — 1 personal best set
- BUAA Open 2013 · 12 May 2013
- Tianjin Winter 2012 · 23 Dec 2012 — 2 personal bests set
- Beijing Winter 2012 · 24 Nov 2012
- Beijing Summer 2012 · 12 Aug 2012 — 2 personal bests set
- Alpha Cube BUAA Open 2010 · 9 May 2010 — 3 personal bests set
- PKU Fewest Moves 2010 · 10 Apr 2010
- Beijing Winter 2009 · 20 Dec 2009 — 5 personal bests set
- Beijing Summer Open 2009 · 16 Aug 2009 — 1 personal best set
- Beijing Spring Open 2009 · 21 Feb 2009 — 8 personal bests set
- Beijing Spring Open 2008 · 2 May 2008 — 4 personal bests set
- Beijing Open 2007 · 15 Dec 2007
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.
- Fubo Wang (王富博) — met in 61 rounds, finished ahead 22 times
- Baiqiang Dong (董百强) — met in 59 rounds, finished ahead 37 times
- Yi Ren (任逸) — met in 53 rounds, finished ahead 27 times · head to head
Next targets
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 9,039 people have one; it is 0.49 away.
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,606 people have one; it is 1.15 away.
Targets move as he improves.