People · China
Mingmin Dai (戴铭民)
3×3 · top 11.1% of 288,433 all-time · competing since March 2016 · 2016DAIM01
Mingmin Dai (戴铭民) has been competing for 11 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 11.18, set at Saint-Maurice Sunday Open 2018, puts him in the top 11.1% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 4,426th in China. Across 12 competitions since March 2016, he has put 142 official solves on the record across five events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 65% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. That figure sets aside his 6 DNFs. His 3×3 best has come down from 18.21 in March 2016 to 11.18, a 39% improvement. Mingmin 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 11.18 | 13.46 | top 11.1% | 4,426 / 28,499 | |
| Pyraminx | 5.53 | 12.93 | top 16.7% | 1,975 / 10,269 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 19.89 | 27.86 | top 20.2% | 2,051 / 5,994 | |
| 2×2 | 3.73 | 5.06 | top 23.2% | 3,895 / 15,939 | |
| 3×3 blindfolded | 1:39.37 | — | early days — 1 solve | 360 / 1,184 |
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
- 5 Nov 2016First sub-15 3×3: 11.63 at Shanghai Winter is Coming 2016.
- 5 Nov 2016Three personal bests in one day at Shanghai Winter is Coming 2016.
- 19 Mar 2016First competition: Shanghai Spring 2016. A 18.21 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Yancheng Open 2025 · 7 Jun 2025
- Please Be Quiet Shanghai 2025 · 12 Apr 2025
- Shanghai Open 2019 · 19 Oct 2019
- SJTU Winter Open 2018 · 30 Dec 2018
- SJTU Open 2018 · 30 Jun 2018
- Saint-Maurice Sunday Open 2018 · 15 Apr 2018 — 1 personal best set
- French Championship 2018 · 31 Mar 2018
- Shanghai Love In ECNU 2017 · 20 May 2017
- Shanghai Spring 2017 · 18 Mar 2017 — 1 personal best set
- Shanghai Winter is Coming 2016 · 5 Nov 2016 — 3 personal bests set
- Shanghai Songjiang Open 2016 · 14 May 2016 — 1 personal best set
- Shanghai Spring 2016 · 19 Mar 2016
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.
- Binwei Liu (刘玢炜) — met in 19 rounds, finished ahead 13 times
- Yang Xia (夏洋) — met in 19 rounds, finished ahead 11 times
- Shenjie Zhu (朱申杰) — met in 18 rounds, finished ahead twice
Next targets
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,606 people have one; it is 1.18 away.
- A sub-5 Pyraminx single — 17,242 people have one; it is 0.53 away.
Targets move as he improves.