People · China
Mingtao Xu (徐铭涛)
Skewb · top 2.7% of 74,164 all-time · competing since October 2018 · 2018XUMI06
Mingtao Xu (徐铭涛) has been competing for 8 years. His best event is the Skewb: a personal-best single of 2.44, set at Huizhou 10th Anniversary 2024, puts him in the top 2.7% of the 74,164 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 141st in China. Until February 2014, no official Skewb solve in the world had been that fast. Across 15 competitions since October 2018, he has put 194 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 67% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 22.53 in July 2019 to 10.36, a 54% improvement. Mingtao has entered 15 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 | China | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Skewb | 2.44 | 5.37 | top 2.7% | 141 / 5,030 | |
| 3×3 | 10.36 | 12.66 | top 8.6% | 3,415 / 28,499 | |
| Clock | 7.24 | 8.29 | top 11.8% | 266 / 1,887 | |
| 4×4 | 43.32 | 48.01 | top 16.2% | 1,788 / 5,999 | |
| Megaminx | 1:21.38 | 1:29.48 | top 22.8% | 703 / 1,693 | |
| Pyraminx | 8.47 | 9.77 | top 40.3% | 4,386 / 10,269 | |
| 2×2 | 5.64 | 6.97 | top 47.0% | 8,162 / 15,939 |
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
- 19 Oct 2025Three personal bests in one day at Guilin Open 2025.
- 24 Dec 2023First sub-15 3×3: 13.19 at Shenzhen Open 2023.
- 19 Jan 2020First sub-20 3×3: 17.46 at Jieyang Winter 2020.
- 28 Oct 2018First competition: Shantou Open 2018.
Competitions
- Guangzhou GraDUAL 3x3 IV 2026 · 16 Sep 2026
- Guangzhou GraDUAL 3x3 III 2026 · 2 Sep 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Guangzhou Special 2026 · 19 Jun 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Foshan Open 2026 · 2 May 2026
- Guangdong Open - Revival & Rival 2026 · 6 Feb 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Guilin Open 2025 · 19 Oct 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Jiangmen Open 2025 · 24 Aug 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Huizhou 10th Anniversary 2024 · 28 Jul 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Guangzhou Special 2024 · 2 Jun 2024
- Shenzhen Open 2023 · 24 Dec 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Jieyang Winter 2020 · 19 Jan 2020 — 2 personal bests set
- Jieyang Open 2019 · 11 Aug 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- Meizhou Open 2019 · 21 Jul 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Jieyang Winter 2019 · 27 Jan 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Shantou Open 2018 · 28 Oct 2018 — 1 personal best set
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.
- Zijian Cai (蔡子健) — met in 30 rounds, finished ahead once
- Yang Pin Xiu (楊品修) — met in 24 rounds, finished ahead twice
- Xusheng Hong (洪旭升) — met in 21 rounds, finished ahead 6 times
Next targets
- A sub-2 Skewb single — 1,031 people have one; it is 0.44 away.
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,606 people have one; it is 0.36 away.
Targets move as he improves.