People · China
Mingbo Zhou (周明博)
3×3 · top 1.1% of 288,433 all-time · competing since May 2021 · 2021ZHOU14
Mingbo Zhou (周明博) has been competing for 6 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 6.76, set at Deqing Big Cubes Summer 2024, puts him in the top 1.1% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 406th in China. Until January 2011, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 2 competitions since May 2021, he has put 30 official solves on the record across three events. His 3×3 best has come down from 17.19 in May 2021 to 6.76, a 61% improvement. Mingbo has entered two competitions.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | China | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 6.76 | 8.07 | top 1.1% | 406 / 28,499 | |
| Megaminx | 1:11.10 | 1:13.63 | top 16.3% | 500 / 1,693 | |
| 2×2 | 5.15 | 6.75 | top 41.2% | 7,214 / 15,939 |
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
- 24 Aug 2024First sub-15 3×3: 7.32 at Deqing Big Cubes Summer 2024.
- 24 Aug 2024First sub-10 3×3: 7.32 at Deqing Big Cubes Summer 2024.
- 2 May 2021First competition: Kunshan Afternoon 2021. A 17.19 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Deqing Big Cubes Summer 2024 · 24 Aug 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Kunshan Afternoon 2021 · 2 May 2021
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.
- Lei Liu (刘磊) — met in 5 rounds, finished ahead once
- Yifan Yuan (袁逸凡) — met in 5 rounds, never finished ahead
- Chenge Liu (刘晨舸) — met in 4 rounds, finished ahead twice
Next targets
- A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,419 people have one; it is 0.76 away.
- A sub-1:00 Megaminx single — 3,558 people have one; it is 11.10 away.
Targets move as he improves.