People · China
Mingxiang Yao (姚鸣翔)
Pyraminx · top 1.3% of 129,321 all-time · competing since March 2019 · 2019YAOM01
Mingxiang Yao (姚鸣翔) has been competing for 8 years. His best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 2.10, set at Luoyang Open 2019, puts him in the top 1.3% of the 129,321 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 141st in China. Until July 2011, no official Pyraminx solve in the world had been that fast. Across 4 competitions since March 2019, he has put 163 official solves on the record across nine events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, an early reading from 8 counted rounds. His Pyraminx best has come down from 8.81 in March 2019 to 2.10, a 76% improvement. Mingxiang has entered four competitions, more competitions than 78% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | China | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pyraminx | 2.10 | 6.26 | top 1.3% | 141 / 10,224 | |
| 2×2 | 2.28 | 4.24 | top 6.9% | 974 / 15,796 | |
| 3×3 | 11.03 | 12.99 | top 10.6% | 4,132 / 28,153 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 20.00 | 24.77 | top 20.5% | 2,039 / 5,922 | |
| Skewb | 5.33 | 8.73 | top 20.7% | 1,287 / 5,004 | |
| 4×4 | 58.90 | 1:20.14 | top 35.3% | 3,496 / 5,926 | |
| 5×5 | 1:43.09 | 1:55.03 | top 37.6% | 1,698 / 2,816 | |
| 6×6 | 4:10.22 | — | early days — 1 solve | 1,176 / 1,349 | |
| Megaminx | 2:47.66 | — | early days — 1 solve | 1,532 / 1,678 |
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, Pyraminx. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 20 Oct 2019Five personal bests in one day at Luoyang Open 2019.
- 11 Aug 2019Four personal bests in one day at Baoji Open 2019.
- 26 May 2019Four personal bests in one day at Zhengzhou Open 2019.
- 3 Mar 2019First competition: Xianyang Open 2019. A 14.32 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Luoyang Open 2019 · 20 Oct 2019 — 5 personal bests set
- Baoji Open 2019 · 11 Aug 2019 — 4 personal bests set
- Zhengzhou Open 2019 · 26 May 2019 — 4 personal bests set
- Xianyang Open 2019 · 3 Mar 2019
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.
- Kaiyang Gao (高凯阳) — met in 27 rounds, never finished ahead
- Songtao Zhang (张松涛) — met in 25 rounds, finished ahead 8 times
- Yongtao Sun (孙永涛) — met in 20 rounds, finished ahead 11 times
Next targets
- A sub-2 Pyraminx single — 1,476 people have one; it is 0.10 away.
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.28 away.
Targets move as he improves.