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Mingyao Li (李明尧)

3×3 blindfolded · top 17.1% of 12,178 all-time · competing since April 2016 · 2016LIMI01

Mingyao Li (李明尧) has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the 3×3 blindfolded: a personal-best single of 1:12.78, set at Shenyang Winter 2016, puts him in the top 17.1% of the 12,178 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 241st in China. Across 4 competitions since April 2016, he has put 7 official solves on the record across one event. His 3×3 blindfolded best has come down from 2:04.05 in April 2016 to 1:12.78, a 41% improvement. Mingyao has entered four competitions, more competitions than 78% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3 blindfolded
best event — top 17.1% of 12,178 all-time
1:12.78
signature single · Shenyang Winter 2016
7
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChina
3×3 blindfolded1:12.781:25.64
top 17.1%241 / 1,183

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

Shenyang Open 2016: 2:04.05Shenyang Winter 2016: 1:12.78Shenyang Spring 2017: 1:38.89Harbin Open 2018: 1:20.311:12.782:04.0523 Apr 20169 Jun 2018

Best single per competition, 3×3 blindfolded. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.

The story so far

Competitions

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.

Next targets

  • A sub-1:00 3×3 blindfolded single — 1,593 people have one; it is 12.78 away.

Targets move as he improves.