People · China
Minglang Xiao (肖铭朗)
3×3 · top 18.1% of 284,439 all-time · competing since November 2025 · 2025XIAO16
Minglang Xiao (肖铭朗) has been competing for 9 months. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 13.19, set at Shanghai Summer 2026, puts him in the top 18.1% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 7,091st in China. Across 6 competitions since November 2025, he has put 49 official solves on the record across three events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, an early reading from 6 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 20.23 in November 2025 to 13.19, a 35% improvement. Minglang has entered six competitions, more competitions than 86% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | China | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 13.19 | 15.54 | top 18.1% | 7,091 / 28,153 | |
| Pyraminx | 7.51 | 9.44 | top 32.1% | 3,527 / 10,224 | |
| 2×2 | 6.56 | 6.95 | top 56.5% | 9,567 / 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
- 25 Jul 2026First sub-15 3×3: 14.56 at Wuhu Open 2026.
- 10 Jan 2026First sub-20 3×3: 17.80 at Beijing Winter 2026.
- 29 Nov 2025First competition: Hangzhou Winter 2025. A 20.23 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Shanghai Summer 2026 · 1 Aug 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Wuhu Open 2026 · 25 Jul 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Yancheng Spring Open 2026 · 29 Mar 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Xianju NxN 2026 · 7 Mar 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Beijing Winter 2026 · 10 Jan 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Hangzhou Winter 2025 · 29 Nov 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.
- Yiheng Wang (王艺衡) — met in 8 rounds, never finished ahead
- Ziyi Lu (陆梓熠) — met in 7 rounds, never finished ahead
- Zhedong Wang (王哲栋) — met in 6 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 1.19 away.
- A sub-6 Pyraminx single — 25,870 people have one; it is 1.51 away.
Targets move as he improves.