People · China
Ming Zhou (周铭)
3×3 · top 3.8% of 284,439 all-time · competing since July 2018 · 2018ZHOU59
Ming Zhou (周铭) has been competing for 8 years. Her best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.52, set at Nanning Open 2019, puts her in the top 3.8% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,428th in China. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 2 competitions since July 2018, she has put 39 official solves on the record across four events. Solve to solve, her 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, an early reading from 5 counted rounds. Ming has entered two competitions.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | China | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 8.52 | 11.05 | top 3.8% | 1,428 / 28,153 | |
| 2×2 | 3.41 | 5.62 | top 19.1% | 3,126 / 15,796 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 21.57 | 24.57 | top 24.8% | 2,445 / 5,922 | |
| Megaminx | 1:28.65 | 1:33.50 | top 27.4% | 831 / 1,678 |
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
- 28 Jul 2018First competition: Nanning Open 2018. A 11.69 3×3 single to start from.
- 28 Jul 2018First sub-10 3×3: 9.04 at Nanning Open 2018.
Competitions
- Nanning Open 2019 · 19 Oct 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Nanning Open 2018 · 28 Jul 2018 — 1 personal best set
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 her.
- Kaili Shen (沈楷力) — met in 8 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
- Xinyun Chen (陈新运) — met in 8 rounds, finished ahead once
- Xinhang Xie (谢欣航) — met in 7 rounds, finished ahead 5 times
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.52 away.
- A sub-3 2×2 single — 26,570 people have one; it is 0.41 away.
Targets move as she improves.