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Ming Zheng (郑鸣)

2×2 · top 0.79% of 186,767 all-time · competing since August 2009 · 2009ZHEN11

Ming Zheng (郑鸣) has been competing for 17 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.11, set at Zhongshan Open 2017, puts him in the top 0.79% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 82nd in China. Until November 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 353 competitions since August 2009, he has put 8,488 official solves on the record across twelve events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one; 53% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 16.21 in August 2009 to 9.32, a 43% improvement. Ming has entered 353 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 0.79% of 186,767 all-time
1.11
signature single · Zhongshan Open 2017
8,488
official solves on the record
13%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 53% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChina
2×21.114.12
top 0.79%82 / 15,796
3×39.3212.08
top 5.6%2,177 / 28,153
Square-19.9616.06
top 6.0%81 / 1,362
Pyraminx4.348.13
top 9.4%1,110 / 10,224
3×3 one-handed15.6120.34
top 9.4%899 / 5,922
4×439.5946.19
top 11.6%1,234 / 5,926
5×51:10.751:22.57
top 12.1%595 / 2,816
3×3 Fewest Moves30 moves35.33
top 14.8%148 / 1,058
Skewb5.248.62
top 20.1%1,239 / 5,004
7×73:40.033:55.71
top 23.6%473 / 1,261
6×62:28.652:36.41
top 24.9%534 / 1,349
Clock11.2014.03
top 31.1%734 / 1,843

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

Beijing Summer Open 2009: 16.21Guangdong Open 2009: 16.88Harbin Open 2009: 17.58Nanjing Open 2009: 17.33Shanghai Winter Cubing Festival 2010: 14.83Hunan Open 2010: 15.96Shanghai Open 2010: 15.18Guangzhou Small Cubes 2010: 14.68One-to-eight Cubes Competition 2011: 16.05Shenzhen University 2011: 13.28Taiyuan 2011: 13.68Changsha Open 2011: 17.63Guangzhou Winter 2011: 15.96Beijing Summer 2012: 13.47Guangdong Open 2012: 14.71Wuhan Open 2012: 15.56Shanghai Summer 2013: 14.02Wuxi Open 2013: 14.54Xiamen Open 2013: 13.21Guangdong Open 2013: 15.16Nanchang Open 2013: 14.64Wenzhou Open 2013: 15.46Fuzhou Open 2013: 14.40Guangzhou Small Cubes 2014: 12.22Guangzhou Cube Splashing Day 2014: 15.68Fuzhou Open 2014: 15.22Guangzhou Wushan Open 2014: 15.19Zhengzhou Open 2014: 13.98Suzhou Open 2014: 14.99Hefei Summer Open 2014: 13.56Nantong Open 2014: 13.52Huizhou Open 2014: 15.50Shantou Open 2014: 14.71Cross-strait Cubing Exchange 2014: 15.46Guangdong Open 2014: 13.55Zunyi Open 2014: 15.21Hangzhou Winter Open 2014: 14.57Guangzhou New Year's Cube Day 2015: 14.16Xi'an New Year 2015: 14.25Back To Cubing Hong Kong 2015: 14.52Guangzhou More Fun Site 2015: 15.92Xi'an Cherry Blossom 2015: 14.04Wenzhou Open 2015: 14.52Cube of Prime Numbers 2015: 13.90Wuhan Open 2015: 13.71Fuzhou Open 2015: 12.57Zhengzhou Open 2015: 13.21Guangzhou SYSU Open 2015: 14.11Nanchang Open 2015: 13.32Shenzhen Open 2015: 12.47Hefei Open 2015: 10.57Yangjiang Open 2015: 11.91Huizhou Open 2015: 15.31Qinzhou Open 2015: 12.71Shantou Open 2015: 12.42Wuxi Open 2015: 12.23Cross-strait Cubing Exchange 2015: 11.44Hong Kong Summer Cube Day 2015: 12.46Shanghai Summer Open 2015: 13.94China Championship 2015: 13.79Beijing Open 2015: 14.14Wuhan University Open 2015: 14.49Zhenjiang Open 2015: 13.87Yunnan Open 2015: 14.01Malaysian Cube Open 2015: 13.63Nanchang Winter 2015: 14.49Shenzhen New Year 2016: 12.83Nepal Open 2016: 14.26Dongguan Open 2016: 13.21Johor Lunar New Year 2016: 13.48Singapore Rubik's Cube Competition 2016: 14.00Guangzhou Rubik's Cube Days 2016: 11.80Nepal Speedcubing 2016: 11.87Indian Nationals 2016: 12.40Huizhou Open 2016: 13.02Shenyang Open 2016: 13.28Chengdu Open 2016: 13.33Xiamen Open 2016: 12.56Shanghai Songjiang Open 2016: 13.92Weihai Open 2016: 13.84Cube Is Good 2016: 12.88Metro Speedcubing Open 2016: 11.96Fuzhou Open 2016: 9.32Nanchang Open 2016: 14.49Chongqing Open 2016: 13.63Thailand Championship 2016: 15.62HCMC Summer Open 2016: 11.74Shantou Open 2016: 12.68Cross-strait Cubing Exchange 2016: 13.35Yangzhou Open 2016: 13.64Singapore 333 Cube Competition 2016: 11.93Asian Championship 2016: 13.29TKK Open 2016: 11.45Taiwan Championship 2016: 9.95Shanghai Winter is Coming 2016: 12.08Wuhan Open 2016: 12.76Zhenjiang Open 2016: 12.89Quanzhou Open 2016: 13.29Malaysia Cube Open 2016: 12.41Shenzhen New Year 2017: 10.99Xi'an New Year 2017: 12.67Dongguan Open 2017: 10.68Forest City Open 2017: 13.58Singapore Rubik's Cube Competition 2017: 12.71Hong Kong Cube Day 2017: 12.53Wuhan Chuyun Spring 2017: 12.21GDSY Open 2017: 12.98Zhangzhou Spring 2017: 12.23Nanchang Spring 2017: 11.58Guangzhou SCUT 2017: 12.37Wenzhou Open 2017: 11.92Changsha Xiangmo 2017: 11.50Nanning Open 2017: 12.16Zhuhai Open 2017: 11.54Maoming Open 2017: 12.63Chaozhou Open 2017: 10.60Beijing Open 2017: 12.88World Rubik's Cube Championship 2017: 13.38Swiss Open 2017: 12.33China Championship 2017: 12.81Coconut Island Open 2017: 11.58Cross-strait Cubing Exchange 2017: 10.30Quanzhou Side Event 2017: 12.27Shantou Open 2017: 13.34Hong Kong Open 2017: 12.75Philippine Championship 2017: 11.61China's 10th Anniversary Championship 2017: 12.68XPU Open 2017: 11.29Zhanjiang Open 2017: 11.47Guilin Open 2017: 11.16Zhongshan Open 2017: 10.36Shenzhen Open 2017: 12.58Nepal Open 2017: 12.69Malaysian Cube Championship 2017: 13.22Banyumas Cube Day 2018: 11.69Bogor Open 2018: 11.13Yangjiang Open 2018: 12.96Dongguan Open 2018: 12.36GDSY Open 2018: 11.80Cross-strait Cubing Exchange 2018: 12.47Guangdong Open 2018: 12.24You May Open 2018: 12.02ZHBIT Open 2018: 12.32HUST Open 2018: 12.08Zhongshan Children's Cube Day 2018: 11.32Guilin Open 2018: 11.32Tangshan Open 2018: 11.87Changchun Open 2018: 11.53Shenyang Open 2018: 10.72Huizhou Open 2018: 11.15Nanchang Medium & Small Cubes 2018: 10.80Hefei Summer 2018: 13.04Shenzhen Open 2018: 11.48Nanning Open 2018: 11.25Meizhou Open 2018: 10.26Jieyang Open 2018: 12.29WCA Asian Championship 2018: 13.40Zhanjiang Open 2018: 11.27Zhongshan NxN Speedcubing 2018: 12.93Quanzhou Open 2018: 10.50Dongguan Mid-Autumn Festival 2018: 11.92China Championship 2018: 12.12Yunnan Open 2018: 12.27Shantou Open 2018: 11.06Maoming Open 2018: 11.38Shenzhen Nanshan 2018: 10.97Dongguan Open 2019: 11.06Yangjiang Open 2019: 11.43Hong Kong Cube Day 2019: 12.58Jieyang Winter 2019: 12.03Shenzhen 3x3 Days 2019: 11.26GDSY Open 2019: 13.54Dongguan Spring 2019: 12.02Wuhan Open 2019: 12.24Kunming Open 2019: 11.71Zhongshan Children's Cube Day 2019: 11.93Guilin Open 2019: 10.59Maoming Open 2019: 10.47Meizhou Open 2019: 11.82China Championship 2019: 12.46Dongguan Summer 2019: 12.02Jieyang Open 2019: 11.46Zhanjiang Open 2019: 11.59Shenzhen Cubing 10th Anniversary 2019: 11.59Shenzhen Open 2019: 12.94Shandong Open 2019: 12.25Yunnan Open 2019: 12.37Cross-strait Cubing Exchange 2019: 11.04Nanning Open 2019: 12.27Tianjin Autumn 2019: 11.51Zhongshan NxN Speedcubing 2019: 12.91Cambodia Cubing Championship 2019: 10.96Jieyang Winter 2020: 12.17Shenzhen Good Morning 2020: 13.05Guangzhou Good Morning 2020: 12.92Chengdu New Year Morning 2021: 14.60Shenzhen Good Morning 2021: 13.24Jieyang Good Morning 2021: 11.05Guangzhou Panyu Morning 2021: 12.52Shenzhen Nanshan Morning 2021: 10.36Beijing Spring AM 2021: 12.04Guangdong Open 2021: 11.62Guilin Open 2021: 11.60Zhengzhou Summer 2021: 10.82Tianjin Summer Solstice 2021: 13.51Hong Kong Cube Day 2023: 12.78Hong Kong Small Cube Day 2023: 14.30Rubik's WCA World Championship 2023: 12.63Hong Kong Championship 2023: 14.47Shenzhen Youth Open 2023: 13.79Nanchang Spring 2024: 14.10Shenzhen Nanshan Open 2024: 12.62Huizhou 10th Anniversary 2024: 11.84Guilin Open 2024: 14.92Rubik's WCA Asian Championship 2024: 14.44Shenzhen Open 2024: 13.72Sqauckland 2025: 12.20HCMC VNC Warm Up 2025: 14.81Nanchang Spring 2025: 13.41Beijing Summer 2025: 14.31Hong Kong Cube Day 2025: 12.47Zhuhai Open 2025: 13.15Rubik's WCA World Championship 2025: 12.62Hawaiian Island Tour - Kona 2025: 12.72Hawaiian Island Tour - Waimea 2025: 11.25Hawaiian Island Tour - Hilo 2025: 11.56Hawaiian Island Tour - Kāhala Open 2025: 13.48Hawaiian Island Tour - Honolulu 2025: 11.09Vietnam Championship 2025: 11.84Jiangmen Open 2025: 11.80We Laugh Pohanghang 2025: 12.35Katano Summer 2025: 11.90HKRCU 20th Anniversary 2025: 11.02Guilin Open 2025: 14.18Bali Speedcubing Open 2025: 11.48Malaysia Cube Championship 2025: 13.27Guangzhou Small Cubes 2025: 11.87Hong Kong Championship 2025: 14.19Nanchang Winter 2025: 12.48Hangzhou Winter 2025: 12.95Gelugor Cube Carnival 2025: 12.56Zhengzhou Zest 2025: 13.27Beijing Winter 2026: 13.30Fuzhou Open 2026: 11.33Guangdong Open - Revival & Rival 2026: 14.85Dream in Chiang Mai 2026: 12.95Zhuhai Pi Day 2026: 11.89Xi'an Cherry Blossom 2026: 12.63Alexandria Spring 2026: 12.11Amman Spring A 2026: 11.58Georgia April Open 2026: 13.52İstanbul April 2026: 13.62Foshan Open 2026: 12.45Chengdu Welcoming Summer 2026: 11.36Hefei Cubing League 3x3 I 2026: 11.92Liuzhou Open 2026: 11.96Summertime Speedcubin' in Negros 2026: 12.59Zhangzhou Open 2026: 11.36Cupika Jakarta Summer 2026: 12.56Nanchang Summer 2026: 12.64Jiajiang Open 2026: 14.36Guangzhou GraDUAL 3x3 I 2026: 12.09Maoming Open 2026: 11.57Zhanjiang Open 2026: 12.21Vietnam Championship 2026: 9.89Guangzhou GraDUAL 3x3 II 2026: 12.30Beihai Open 2026: 12.10Nanning Open 2026: 14.09Ulanqab Small Cubes 2026: 12.70Guangzhou GraDUAL 3x3 III 2026: 12.119.3217.6316 Aug 20092 Sep 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-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.11 away.
  • A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.32 away.

Targets move as he improves.