People · China
Mingxuan Zhao (赵铭瑄)
2×2 · top 2.8% of 186,767 all-time · competing since December 2018 · 2018ZHAO77
Mingxuan Zhao (赵铭瑄) has been competing for 8 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.65, set at Zibo Open 2025, puts him in the top 2.8% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 344th in China. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 5 competitions since December 2018, he has put 93 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one, an early reading from 8 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 21.18 in December 2018 to 10.23, a 52% improvement. Mingxuan has entered five competitions, more competitions than 83% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | China | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 1.65 | 3.42 | top 2.8% | 344 / 15,796 | |
| 3×3 | 10.23 | 12.08 | top 8.1% | 3,185 / 28,153 | |
| Skewb | 3.64 | 7.10 | top 8.6% | 491 / 5,004 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 21.40 | 24.85 | top 24.3% | 2,407 / 5,922 | |
| Pyraminx | 7.05 | 9.45 | top 28.3% | 3,153 / 10,224 | |
| 4×4 | 1:07.63 | — | top 44.5% | 4,184 / 5,926 |
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
- 10 Aug 2025Four personal bests in one day at Zibo Open 2025.
- 17 Nov 2019Four personal bests in one day at Zibo Open 2019.
- 4 Oct 2019First sub-15 3×3: 12.81 at Shandong Open 2019.
- 4 Oct 2019Three personal bests in one day at Shandong Open 2019.
- 6 Apr 2019First sub-20 3×3: 15.50 at Weihai Open 2019.
- 1 Dec 2018First competition: Zibo Open 2018. A 21.76 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Zibo Open 2025 · 10 Aug 2025 — 4 personal bests set
- Zibo Open 2019 · 17 Nov 2019 — 4 personal bests set
- Shandong Open 2019 · 4 Oct 2019 — 3 personal bests set
- Weihai Open 2019 · 6 Apr 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Zibo Open 2018 · 1 Dec 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.
- Zhenyu Wang (王振宇) — met in 16 rounds, never finished ahead
- Yunrui Peng (彭云瑞) — met in 15 rounds, finished ahead 9 times
- Yibo Wang (王奕博) — met in 13 rounds, finished ahead once
Next targets
- A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.65 away.
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 0.23 away.
Targets move as he improves.