People · China
Mingchao Li (李明潮)
3×3 · top 34.6% of 284,439 all-time · competing since January 2025 · 2025LIMI01
Mingchao Li (李明潮) has been competing for a year. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 18.17, set at Chengdu Spring Open 2025, puts him in the top 34.6% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 12,364th in China. Across 2 competitions since January 2025, he has put 30 official solves on the record across three events. His 3×3 best has come down from 22.39 in January 2025 to 18.17, a 19% improvement. Mingchao has entered two competitions.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | China | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 18.17 | 20.92 | top 34.6% | 12,364 / 28,153 | |
| Pyraminx | 7.87 | 12.80 | top 35.1% | 3,841 / 10,224 | |
| 2×2 | 6.30 | 9.09 | top 54.0% | 9,160 / 15,796 |
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
- 8 Feb 2025First sub-20 3×3: 18.17 at Chengdu Spring Open 2025.
- 12 Jan 2025First competition: Chongqing New Year 2025. A 22.39 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Chengdu Spring Open 2025 · 8 Feb 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Chongqing New Year 2025 · 12 Jan 2025
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.
- Gang Ji (纪纲) — met in 6 rounds, never finished ahead
- Zhihan Liu (刘智涵) — met in 6 rounds, never finished ahead
- Ruimin Yan (颜瑞民) — met in 6 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-15 3×3 single — 69,493 people have one; it is 3.17 away.
- A sub-6 Pyraminx single — 25,870 people have one; it is 1.87 away.
Targets move as he improves.