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Ming Jiao (焦明)

2×2 · top 16.7% of 186,767 all-time · competing since September 2010 · 2010JIAO05

Ming Jiao (焦明) has been competing for 16 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 3.21, set at Shandong Open 2012, puts him in the top 16.7% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 2,684th in China. Across 10 competitions since September 2010, he has put 292 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 10% around a typical one, steadier than 97% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 24.02 in September 2010 to 14.25, a 41% improvement. Ming has entered ten competitions, more competitions than 92% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 16.7% of 186,767 all-time
3.21
signature single · Shandong Open 2012
292
official solves on the record
10%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 97% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChina
2×23.216.83
top 16.7%2,684 / 15,796
3×314.2517.61
top 21.8%8,396 / 28,153
3×3 one-handed26.4628.75
top 38.0%3,543 / 5,922
4×41:09.061:19.43
top 45.9%4,271 / 5,926
Pyraminx9.5612.05
top 49.5%5,211 / 10,224
5×52:19.982:39.32
top 61.0%2,403 / 2,816
Skewb13.4018.02
top 72.4%3,786 / 5,004

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

Shandong 2010: 24.02Nanjing Spring 2011: 19.30Shandong Open 2011: 17.84Qingdao Open 2012: 16.11Shandong Open 2012: 18.02Weifang Open 2013: 16.40Shandong Spring Open 2014: 14.25Weihai Open 2016: 17.75Zibo Open 2018: 16.36Heze Open 2019: 16.2614.2524.0212 Sep 201021 Jul 2019

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-3 2×2 single — 26,570 people have one; it is 0.21 away.
  • A sub-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 2.25 away.

Targets move as he improves.