People · China
Mingyang Xie (谢铭扬)
3×3 blindfolded · top 6.9% of 12,178 all-time · competing since October 2014 · 2014XIEM01
Mingyang Xie (谢铭扬) has been competing for 12 years. His best event is the 3×3 blindfolded: a personal-best single of 40.25, set at GDSY Open 2018, puts him in the top 6.9% of the 12,178 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 119th in China. Until August 2009, no official 3×3 blindfolded solve in the world had been that fast. Across 15 competitions since October 2014, he has put 193 official solves on the record across eleven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one; 60% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 26.38 in October 2014 to 11.64, a 56% improvement. Mingyang has entered 15 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 blindfolded | 40.25 | — | top 6.9% | 119 / 1,183 | |
| 3×3 | 11.64 | 16.67 | top 12.6% | 5,000 / 28,153 | |
| 3×3 Multi-Blind | 12 of 15 cubes · 53:04 | — | top 20.0% | 54 / 278 | |
| 2×2 | 3.70 | 5.48 | top 22.7% | 3,743 / 15,796 | |
| Pyraminx | 6.70 | 11.83 | top 25.4% | 2,868 / 10,224 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 22.35 | 27.40 | top 27.0% | 2,658 / 5,922 | |
| 4×4 blindfolded | 8:12.97 | — | top 45.3% | 82 / 149 | |
| 4×4 | 1:15.50 | 1:27.62 | top 52.1% | 4,632 / 5,926 | |
| 3×3 Fewest Moves | 43 moves | 49.00 | early days — 3 solves | 691 / 1,058 | |
| Skewb | 11.42 | 14.40 | top 63.1% | 3,427 / 5,004 | |
| 5×5 blindfolded | 21:33.00 | — | early days — 1 solve | 66 / 95 |
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
- 13 Aug 2016First sub-15 3×3: 11.64 at Cross-strait Cubing Exchange 2016.
- 13 Aug 2016Five personal bests in one day at Cross-strait Cubing Exchange 2016.
- 5 Mar 2016Three personal bests in one day at Guangzhou Rubik's Cube Days 2016.
- 2 Oct 2015Three personal bests in one day at China Championship 2015.
- 2 May 2015First sub-20 3×3: 19.96 at Cube of Prime Numbers 2015.
- 1 Oct 2014First competition: Guangdong Open 2014. A 26.38 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Guangdong Open 2018 · 30 Apr 2018 — 1 personal best set
- GDSY Open 2018 · 24 Mar 2018 — 2 personal bests set
- Big 'n Blind 2017 · 10 Dec 2017 — 2 personal bests set
- China's 10th Anniversary Championship 2017 · 1 Oct 2017 — 1 personal best set
- China Championship 2017 · 28 Jul 2017 — 1 personal best set
- GDSY Open 2017 · 26 Mar 2017
- Big 'n Blind 2016 · 11 Dec 2016
- Cross-strait Cubing Exchange 2016 · 13 Aug 2016 — 5 personal bests set
- Guangzhou Rubik's Cube Days 2016 · 5 Mar 2016 — 3 personal bests set
- Parity Open 2015 · 29 Nov 2015 — 1 personal best set
- FMC Asia 2015 · 28 Nov 2015
- China Championship 2015 · 2 Oct 2015 — 3 personal bests set
- Cube of Prime Numbers 2015 · 2 May 2015 — 2 personal bests set
- Guangzhou More Fun Site 2015 · 15 Mar 2015 — 1 personal best set
- Guangdong Open 2014 · 1 Oct 2014
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.
- Mo Ji (季默) — met in 52 rounds, finished ahead 16 times
- Kaijun Lin (林恺俊) — met in 42 rounds, finished ahead once
- Baiqiang Dong (董百强) — met in 34 rounds, finished ahead 14 times
Next targets
- A sub-40 3×3 blindfolded single — 826 people have one; it is 0.25 away.
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 1.64 away.
Targets move as he improves.