People · Australia
Mingshuo Zhao (赵铭硕)
2×2 · top 1.0% of 186,767 all-time · competing since December 2018 · 2018ZHAO84
Mingshuo Zhao (赵铭硕) has been competing for 8 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.19, set at Kunshan Afternoon 2021, puts him in the top 1.0% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 100th in Australia. Until November 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 14 competitions since December 2018, he has put 320 official solves on the record across three events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 10% around a typical one, steadier than 98% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 16.09 in December 2018 to 8.23, a 49% improvement. Mingshuo has entered 14 competitions, more competitions than 95% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Australia | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 1.19 | 1.87 | top 1.0% | 100 / 8,567 | |
| 3×3 | 8.23 | 9.40 | top 3.2% | 315 / 11,709 | |
| Pyraminx | 3.55 | 6.06 | top 5.7% | 254 / 5,993 |
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
- 24 Aug 2019First sub-10 3×3: 9.59 at Xi'an 10th Anniversary 2019.
- 26 Jul 2019Three personal bests in one day at China Championship 2019.
- 30 Dec 2018First sub-15 3×3: 12.98 at SJTU Winter Open 2018.
- 15 Dec 2018First competition: Wenzhou Open 2018. A 16.09 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Kunshan Afternoon 2021 · 2 May 2021 — 2 personal bests set
- Shaoxing Morning 2021 · 27 Mar 2021 — 2 personal bests set
- Shaoxing Open 2019 · 21 Dec 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Wuxi Winter 2019 · 8 Dec 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Shanghai Open 2019 · 19 Oct 2019
- Xi'an 10th Anniversary 2019 · 24 Aug 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Taizhou Open 2019 · 3 Aug 2019 — 1 personal best set
- China Championship 2019 · 26 Jul 2019 — 3 personal bests set
- Xuzhou Spring 2019 · 1 May 2019
- Wuhu Open 2019 · 27 Apr 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Kunshan Open 2019 · 20 Apr 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- Hefei Spring 2019 · 23 Mar 2019 — 1 personal best set
- SJTU Winter Open 2018 · 30 Dec 2018 — 1 personal best set
- Wenzhou Open 2018 · 15 Dec 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.
- Yinghao Wang (王鹰豪) — met in 26 rounds, finished ahead once
- Lukas Shelley — met in 26 rounds, finished ahead once
- Jack Pan (潘杰康) — met in 25 rounds, finished ahead twice
Next targets
- A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.19 away.
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.23 away.
Targets move as he improves.