People · China
Mingkang Guo (郭名康)
Pyraminx · top 5.7% of 129,321 all-time · competing since December 2013 · 2013GUOM02
Mingkang Guo (郭名康) has been competing for 13 years. His best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 3.55, set at Xi'an Cherry Blossom 2014, puts him in the top 5.7% of the 129,321 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 670th in China. Until February 2008, no official Pyraminx solve in the world had been that fast. Across 12 competitions since December 2013, he has put 272 official solves on the record across five events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 66% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His Pyraminx best has come down from 5.56 in February 2014 to 3.55, a 36% improvement. Mingkang has entered twelve competitions, more competitions than 94% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | China | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pyraminx | 3.55 | 4.71 | top 5.7% | 670 / 10,224 | |
| Skewb | 3.45 | 5.51 | top 7.4% | 419 / 5,004 | |
| 2×2 | 2.83 | 7.06 | top 12.3% | 1,928 / 15,796 | |
| 3×3 | 14.63 | 16.46 | top 23.2% | 8,827 / 28,153 | |
| Clock | 10.31 | 13.38 | top 26.7% | 612 / 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
Best single per competition, Pyraminx. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 29 Nov 2015First sub-15 3×3: 14.63 at Xi'an Open 2015.
- 21 Dec 2014Three personal bests in one day at Xi'an More Coffee 2014.
- 8 Nov 2014Three personal bests in one day at Yangling Open 2014.
- 13 Apr 2014Four personal bests in one day at Xi'an Cherry Blossom 2014.
- 8 Dec 2013First competition: Xi'an Winter 2013. A 17.76 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Lanzhou Autumn 2019 · 27 Oct 2019
- Lanzhou Autumn 2018 · 14 Oct 2018
- Xi'an Open 2015 · 29 Nov 2015 — 2 personal bests set
- Xi'an Cherry Blossom 2015 · 4 Apr 2015
- Xi'an New Year 2015 · 2 Jan 2015 — 1 personal best set
- Xi'an More Coffee 2014 · 21 Dec 2014 — 3 personal bests set
- Xi'an Winter Open 2014 · 7 Dec 2014 — 1 personal best set
- Yangling Open 2014 · 8 Nov 2014 — 3 personal bests set
- Xi'an Cherry Blossom 2014 · 13 Apr 2014 — 4 personal bests set
- LanZhou Winter 2014 · 18 Feb 2014 — 1 personal best set
- Xining Winter Open 2014 · 16 Feb 2014
- Xi'an Winter 2013 · 8 Dec 2013
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.
- Bo Wang (王擘) — met in 32 rounds, finished ahead 16 times
- Jiejie Du (杜杰杰) — met in 29 rounds, finished ahead 9 times
- Zhi Geng (耿智) — met in 28 rounds, finished ahead 14 times
Next targets
- A sub-3 Pyraminx single — 4,700 people have one; it is 0.55 away.
- A sub-3 Skewb single — 3,646 people have one; it is 0.45 away.
Targets move as he improves.