People · China
Ming Rao (饶铭)
4×4 · top 13.0% of 85,040 all-time · competing since October 2018 · 2018RAOM02
Ming Rao (饶铭) has been competing for 8 years. His best event is the 4×4: a personal-best single of 40.69, set at Wuhan Open 2021, puts him in the top 13.0% of the 85,040 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,431st in China. Across 9 competitions since October 2018, he has put 283 official solves on the record across twelve events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, steadier than 86% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 14.37 in October 2018 to 11.95, a 17% improvement. Ming has entered nine competitions, more competitions than 91% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | China | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4×4 | 40.69 | 45.24 | top 13.0% | 1,431 / 5,999 | |
| 3×3 | 11.95 | 13.57 | top 13.8% | 5,531 / 28,499 | |
| 5×5 | 1:26.86 | 1:31.38 | top 24.9% | 1,192 / 2,857 | |
| 2×2 | 4.09 | 5.73 | top 27.7% | 4,761 / 15,939 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 23.34 | 30.21 | top 29.8% | 2,922 / 5,994 | |
| Megaminx | 1:32.48 | 1:39.64 | top 29.9% | 907 / 1,693 | |
| 7×7 | 4:01.24 | 4:04.78 | top 31.3% | 616 / 1,274 | |
| Skewb | 7.62 | 12.27 | top 38.5% | 2,313 / 5,030 | |
| Pyraminx | 8.67 | 10.73 | top 42.0% | 4,545 / 10,269 | |
| 6×6 | 3:06.17 | 3:12.82 | top 44.0% | 866 / 1,363 | |
| 3×3 blindfolded | 2:38.80 | — | early days — 2 solves | 655 / 1,184 | |
| Square-1 | 28.29 | 49.65 | top 46.3% | 801 / 1,373 |
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
- 23 Nov 2019Three personal bests in one day at Ezhou Open 2019.
- 13 Oct 2019Three personal bests in one day at Wuhan Autumn 2019.
- 2 May 2019Five personal bests in one day at Wuhan Open 2019.
- 21 Oct 2018First competition: WIT Open 2018. A 14.37 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Wuhan Open 2021 · 5 Jun 2021 — 2 personal bests set
- Nanchang Good Afternoon 2021 · 2 Jan 2021
- Ezhou Open 2019 · 23 Nov 2019 — 3 personal bests set
- Wuhan Autumn 2019 · 13 Oct 2019 — 3 personal bests set
- Wuhan Open 2019 · 2 May 2019 — 5 personal bests set
- Nanchang Open 2019 · 20 Apr 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- Wuhan Chuyun Spring 2019 · 24 Mar 2019
- WHUT Open 2018 · 9 Dec 2018 — 1 personal best set
- WIT Open 2018 · 21 Oct 2018
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.
- Xinyun Chen (陈新运) — met in 57 rounds, never finished ahead
- Baocheng Wu (吴宝城) — met in 37 rounds, finished ahead 5 times
- Xiang Li (李响) — met in 35 rounds, finished ahead 29 times
Next targets
- A sub-40 4×4 single — 10,370 people have one; it is 0.69 away.
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,606 people have one; it is 1.95 away.
Targets move as he improves.