People · China
Mingliang Shi (施明亮)
Square-1 · top 5.5% of 25,272 all-time · competing since April 2018 · 2018SHIM01
Mingliang Shi (施明亮) has been competing for 8 years. His best event is the Square-1: a personal-best single of 9.65, set at Qinhuangdao Open 2019, puts him in the top 5.5% of the 25,272 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 70th in China. Until October 2010, no official Square-1 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 6 competitions since April 2018, he has put 120 official solves on the record across five events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 68% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 13.40 in April 2018 to 11.79, a 12% improvement. Mingliang 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Square-1 | 9.65 | 13.51 | top 5.5% | 70 / 1,362 | |
| 4×4 | 40.63 | 48.47 | top 12.8% | 1,385 / 5,926 | |
| 3×3 | 11.79 | 14.19 | top 13.2% | 5,196 / 28,153 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 22.51 | 26.69 | top 27.4% | 2,689 / 5,922 | |
| 2×2 | 4.45 | 7.44 | top 32.3% | 5,531 / 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
- 6 Apr 2019Five personal bests in one day at Qinhuangdao Open 2019.
- 30 Apr 2018First competition: Beijing Open 2018. A 13.40 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Beijing Winter 2019 · 7 Dec 2019
- Tianjin Autumn 2019 · 20 Oct 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Qinhuangdao Open 2019 · 6 Apr 2019 — 5 personal bests set
- Beijing Winter 2018 · 31 Dec 2018 — 2 personal bests set
- Shijiazhuang Winter 2018 · 16 Dec 2018 — 2 personal bests set
- Beijing Open 2018 · 30 Apr 2018
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.
- Yubo Ji (纪宇博) — met in 21 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
- Yu Feng (冯煜) — met in 20 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
- Chenhao Ma (马晨皓) — met in 18 rounds, finished ahead twice
Next targets
- A sub-8 Square-1 single — 766 people have one; it is 1.65 away.
- A sub-40 4×4 single — 10,180 people have one; it is 0.63 away.
Targets move as he improves.