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Mingshi Zheng (郑铭师)

3×3 · top 3.8% of 284,439 all-time · competing since August 2016 · 2016ZHEN28

Mingshi Zheng (郑铭师) has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.54, set at Huizhou 10th Anniversary 2024, puts him in the top 3.8% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,447th in China. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 45 competitions since August 2016, he has put 853 official solves on the record across twelve events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 69% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 17.58 in August 2016 to 8.54, a 51% improvement. Mingshi has entered 45 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 3.8% of 284,439 all-time
8.54
signature single · Huizhou 10th Anniversary 2024
853
official solves on the record
14%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 69% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChina
3×38.5410.80
top 3.8%1,447 / 28,153
4×436.0139.83
top 7.7%790 / 5,926
3×3 one-handed15.0819.33
top 8.3%798 / 5,922
5×51:05.081:16.73
top 8.4%401 / 2,816
2×22.753.61
top 11.5%1,764 / 15,796
6×62:11.752:21.43
top 16.2%358 / 1,349
Pyraminx5.717.70
top 17.9%2,066 / 10,224
Megaminx1:21.971:36.31
top 23.1%700 / 1,678
7×73:39.203:48.20
top 23.2%469 / 1,261
Clock10.1511.84
top 25.8%589 / 1,843
Skewb6.329.66
top 28.3%1,744 / 5,004
Square-127.0930.81
top 43.7%751 / 1,362

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

Shantou Open 2016: 17.58Chaozhou Open 2017: 12.35Quanzhou Open 2017: 13.62Shantou Open 2017: 13.29GDSY Open 2018: 12.41ZHBIT Open 2018: 10.68Guilin Open 2018: 13.42Shenzhen Open 2018: 11.85Meizhou Open 2018: 16.10Jieyang Open 2018: 13.00Zhongshan NxN Speedcubing 2018: 11.39Dongguan Mid-Autumn Festival 2018: 12.70Shenzhen Nanshan 2018: 11.91Jieyang Winter 2019: 11.58GDSY Open 2019: 11.68Jieyang Open 2019: 10.87Jieyang Winter 2020: 11.37 Shenzhen Good Afternoon 2020: 10.62Guangzhou Good Afternoon 2020: 11.10Jieyang Good Morning 2021: 10.46Guangdong Open 2021: 10.39Changsha Open 2023: 10.80Shenzhen Open 2023: 10.61Huizhou 10th Anniversary 2024: 8.54Shenzhen Open 2024: 10.27Zhuhai Open 2025: 9.58Jiangmen Open 2025: 9.95Ningbo Autumn 2025: 10.43Guangzhou Small Cubes 2025: 11.44Guangdong Open - Revival & Rival 2026: 10.12Xi'an Cherry Blossom 2026: 9.74Quanzhou Summer 2026: 10.05Zhangzhou Open 2026: 10.40Zhanjiang Open 2026: 11.568.5417.587 Aug 20169 Aug 2026

Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.

The story so far

Competitions

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.

Next targets

  • A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.54 away.
  • A sub-30 4×4 single — 2,388 people have one; it is 6.01 away.

Targets move as he improves.