People · China
Mingxi Li (李铭溪)
Pyraminx · top 1.7% of 129,321 all-time · competing since April 2024 · 2024LIMI01
Mingxi Li (李铭溪) has been competing for 2 years. Her best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 2.29, set at Yancheng Spring Open 2026, puts her in the top 1.7% of the 129,321 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 198th in China. Until July 2011, no official Pyraminx solve in the world had been that fast. Across 9 competitions since April 2024, she has put 180 official solves on the record across four events. Solve to solve, her 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, steadier than 60% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. Her 3×3 best has come down from 16.59 in April 2024 to 7.55, a 54% improvement. Mingxi has entered nine competitions, more competitions than 91% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | China | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pyraminx | 2.29 | 3.53 | top 1.7% | 198 / 10,224 | |
| 3×3 | 7.55 | 10.10 | top 2.1% | 737 / 28,153 | |
| Skewb | 4.72 | 5.57 | top 16.1% | 995 / 5,004 | |
| 2×2 | 3.72 | 5.11 | top 23.0% | 3,805 / 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
- 7 Jun 2025First sub-10 3×3: 8.56 at Yancheng Open 2025.
- 19 May 2024First sub-15 3×3: 14.12 at Zibo Open 2024.
- 19 May 2024Three personal bests in one day at Zibo Open 2024.
- 5 Apr 2024First competition: Shenyang Spring 2024. A 16.59 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Xuzhou Zenith 2026 · 11 Apr 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Yancheng Spring Open 2026 · 29 Mar 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Xuzhou Open 2025 · 16 Nov 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Yancheng Open 2025 · 7 Jun 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Xuzhou Newcomers 2025 · 30 Mar 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Yancheng Open 2024 · 21 Dec 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Xuzhou Autumn 2024 · 21 Sep 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Zibo Open 2024 · 19 May 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Shenyang Spring 2024 · 5 Apr 2024
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 her.
- Zhiyuan Xue (薛智远) — met in 32 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
- Ruimin Yan (颜瑞民) — met in 26 rounds, finished ahead 6 times
- Yubo Zhao (赵誉博) — met in 23 rounds, finished ahead 12 times
Next targets
- A sub-2 Pyraminx single — 1,476 people have one; it is 0.29 away.
- A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 1.55 away.
Targets move as she improves.