People · China
Mingyang Xu (徐明扬)
Pyraminx · top 5.7% of 129,321 all-time · competing since August 2019 · 2019XUMI03
Mingyang Xu (徐明扬) has been competing for 7 years. His best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 3.55, set at Luoyang Open 2019, puts him in the top 5.7% of the 129,321 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 670th in China. Until February 2008, no official Pyraminx solve in the world had been that fast. Across 6 competitions since August 2019, he has put 117 official solves on the record across five events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, an early reading from 9 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 28.48 in August 2019 to 10.00, a 65% improvement. Mingyang has entered six competitions, more competitions than 86% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | China | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pyraminx | 3.55 | 7.03 | top 5.7% | 670 / 10,224 | |
| 2×2 | 2.15 | 4.11 | top 5.8% | 813 / 15,796 | |
| 3×3 | 10.00 | 12.49 | top 7.4% | 2,912 / 28,153 | |
| 4×4 | 47.17 | 53.14 | top 21.0% | 2,265 / 5,926 | |
| Skewb | 19.91 | — | early days — 2 solves | 4,404 / 5,004 |
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 Mar 2024First sub-20 3×3: 11.32 at Luoyang Spring 2024.
- 10 Mar 2024First sub-15 3×3: 11.32 at Luoyang Spring 2024.
- 20 Oct 2019Five personal bests in one day at Luoyang Open 2019.
- 24 Aug 2019First competition: Xi'an 10th Anniversary 2019. A 28.48 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Shimonoseki 2025 · 28 Dec 2025
- Luoyang Spring 2025 · 1 Mar 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Zhengzhou Open 2024 · 8 Dec 2024
- Luoyang Spring 2024 · 10 Mar 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Luoyang Open 2019 · 20 Oct 2019 — 5 personal bests set
- Xi'an 10th Anniversary 2019 · 24 Aug 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 16 rounds, never finished ahead
- Canzheng Cao (曹参政) — met in 15 rounds, never finished ahead
- Yongtao Sun (孙永涛) — met in 14 rounds, finished ahead 6 times
Next targets
- A sub-3 Pyraminx single — 4,700 people have one; it is 0.55 away.
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.15 away.
Targets move as he improves.