People · China
Mingxiao Xu (徐铭孝)
3×3 · top 6.3% of 288,433 all-time · competing since June 2018 · 2018XUMI04
Mingxiao Xu (徐铭孝) has been competing for 8 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 9.56, set at Hangzhou Open AM 2021, puts him in the top 6.3% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 2,486th in China. Until November 2007, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 8 competitions since June 2018, he has put 131 official solves on the record across four events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one; 83% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 34.85 in June 2018 to 9.56, a 73% improvement. Mingxiao has entered eight competitions, more competitions than 90% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | China | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 9.56 | 12.85 | top 6.3% | 2,486 / 28,499 | |
| 2×2 | 3.81 | 5.34 | top 24.1% | 4,077 / 15,939 | |
| Pyraminx | 11.20 | 11.79 | top 62.0% | 6,381 / 10,269 | |
| Skewb | 20.61 | 30.91 | top 90.5% | 4,478 / 5,030 |
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
- 18 Apr 2021First sub-10 3×3: 9.56 at Hangzhou Open AM 2021.
- 2 Jan 2021First sub-15 3×3: 11.40 at Nanchang Good Morning 2021.
- 2 Jan 2021Four personal bests in one day at Nanchang Good Morning 2021.
- 21 Dec 2019First sub-20 3×3: 16.88 at Nanchang Winter 2019.
- 20 Apr 2019First sub-30 3×3: 28.43 at Nanchang Open 2019.
- 20 Apr 2019Three personal bests in one day at Nanchang Open 2019.
Competitions
- Hangzhou Open AM 2021 · 18 Apr 2021 — 1 personal best set
- Nanchang Good Morning 2021 · 2 Jan 2021 — 4 personal bests set
- Nanchang Winter 2019 · 21 Dec 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- Zhongshan Children's Cube Day 2019 · 1 Jun 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- Nanchang Open 2019 · 20 Apr 2019 — 3 personal bests set
- WHUT Open 2018 · 9 Dec 2018 — 1 personal best set
- Jiujiang Open 2018 · 8 Sep 2018 — 3 personal bests set
- Nanchang Dragon-boat Open 2018 · 17 Jun 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.
- Baocheng Wu (吴宝城) — met in 21 rounds, never finished ahead
- Xinyun Chen (陈新运) — met in 15 rounds, never finished ahead
- Yusheng Du (杜宇生) — met in 14 rounds, finished ahead once
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 8,101 people have one; it is 1.56 away.
- A sub-3 2×2 single — 27,049 people have one; it is 0.81 away.
Targets move as he improves.