People · United States
Mingchu Gao
3×3 · top 17.5% of 284,439 all-time · competing since January 2025 · 2025GAOM01
Mingchu Gao has been competing for a year. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 13.03, set at Central Washington Odds 2025, puts him in the top 17.5% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 9,388th in the United States. 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 21.81 in January 2025 to 13.03, a 40% improvement. Mingchu has entered two competitions.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 13.03 | 16.93 | top 17.5% | 9,388 / 59,724 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 33.24 | 36.90 | top 53.9% | 7,464 / 15,683 | |
| 2×2 | 6.68 | 7.20 | top 57.7% | 23,628 / 40,951 |
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
- 13 Apr 2025First sub-20 3×3: 14.50 at Central Washington Odds 2025.
- 13 Apr 2025First sub-15 3×3: 14.50 at Central Washington Odds 2025.
- 4 Jan 2025First competition: Spokane Winter 2025. A 21.81 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Central Washington Odds 2025 · 13 Apr 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Spokane Winter 2025 · 4 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.
- Ethan George Hayes — met in 6 rounds, never finished ahead
- Jeremiah Rummerfield — met in 6 rounds, never finished ahead
- Nicholas Lopez — met in 6 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 1.03 away.
- A sub-30 3×3 one-handed single — 34,382 people have one; it is 3.24 away.
Targets move as he improves.