People · China
Mingyang Wu (吴明阳)
Square-1 · top 0.83% of 25,272 all-time · competing since August 2024 · 2024WUMI01
Mingyang Wu (吴明阳) has been competing for 2 years. His best event is the Square-1: a personal-best single of 6.09, set at Jiajiang Open 2026, puts him in the top 0.83% of the 25,272 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 15th in China. Until May 2017, no official Square-1 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 14 competitions since August 2024, he has put 498 official solves on the record across eleven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 79% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His Square-1 best has come down from 12.15 in December 2024 to 6.09, a 50% improvement. Mingyang has entered 14 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Square-1 | 6.09 | 8.80 | top 0.83% | 15 / 1,362 | |
| Pyraminx | 2.39 | 3.05 | top 1.9% | 227 / 10,224 | |
| Clock | 3.94 | 4.47 | top 2.2% | 36 / 1,843 | |
| Skewb | 2.32 | 4.70 | top 2.3% | 115 / 5,004 | |
| 3×3 | 7.82 | 9.50 | top 2.5% | 892 / 28,153 | |
| 4×4 | 30.42 | 35.01 | top 3.1% | 306 / 5,926 | |
| Megaminx | 46.18 | 53.31 | top 3.5% | 75 / 1,678 | |
| 2×2 | 1.91 | 3.04 | top 4.2% | 555 / 15,796 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 12.96 | 15.71 | top 4.4% | 385 / 5,922 | |
| 5×5 | 1:02.40 | 1:11.20 | top 6.9% | 322 / 2,816 | |
| 6×6 | 2:11.52 | 2:17.19 | early days — 3 solves | 351 / 1,349 |
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, Square-1. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 19 Jun 2026Four personal bests in one day at Guangzhou Special 2026.
- 8 Mar 2026Five personal bests in one day at Xianju Special 2026.
- 8 Nov 2025Three personal bests in one day at Guangzhou Special 2025.
- 4 Apr 2025Three personal bests in one day at Xi'an Cherry Blossom 2025.
- 4 Jan 2025Three personal bests in one day at Xi'an New Year 2025.
- 24 Aug 2024First competition: Deqing Big Cubes Summer 2024. A 9.00 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Jiajiang Open 2026 · 25 Jul 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Guangzhou Big Cubes 2026 · 20 Jun 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Guangzhou Special 2026 · 19 Jun 2026 — 4 personal bests set
- Foshan Open 2026 · 2 May 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Zhuhai Pi Day 2026 · 14 Mar 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Xianju Special 2026 · 8 Mar 2026 — 5 personal bests set
- Canton Countdown 2025 · 31 Dec 2025
- Zhengzhou Zeal 2025 · 28 Dec 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Guangzhou Special 2025 · 8 Nov 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Zhuhai Open 2025 · 15 Jun 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Xi'an Cherry Blossom 2025 · 4 Apr 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Xi'an New Year 2025 · 4 Jan 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Zhengzhou Open 2024 · 8 Dec 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Deqing Big Cubes Summer 2024 · 24 Aug 2024 — 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 70 rounds, finished ahead 18 times
- Haohan Zheng (郑皓涵) — met in 55 rounds, finished ahead 28 times
- Yang Pin Xiu (楊品修) — met in 44 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
Next targets
- A sub-6 Square-1 single — 201 people have one; it is 0.09 away.
- A sub-2 Pyraminx single — 1,476 people have one; it is 0.39 away.
Targets move as he improves.