People · China
Mingyu Chen (陈明宇)
3×3 · top 10.7% of 288,433 all-time · competing since August 2015 · 2015CHEN75
Mingyu Chen (陈明宇) has been competing for 11 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 11.05, set at Hefei Summer 2018, puts him in the top 10.7% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 4,251st in China. Across 7 competitions since August 2015, he has put 224 official solves on the record across ten events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one; 61% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. Mingyu has entered seven competitions, more competitions than 88% 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 | 11.05 | 12.23 | top 10.7% | 4,251 / 28,499 | |
| 4×4 | 43.85 | 56.19 | top 16.9% | 1,857 / 5,999 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 18.92 | 21.54 | top 17.6% | 1,776 / 5,994 | |
| 2×2 | 3.45 | 4.55 | top 19.7% | 3,265 / 15,939 | |
| 5×5 | 1:37.26 | 1:43.86 | top 33.3% | 1,536 / 2,857 | |
| Pyraminx | 8.35 | 9.78 | top 39.3% | 4,282 / 10,269 | |
| 7×7 | 4:45.91 | 4:58.65 | top 46.5% | 853 / 1,274 | |
| Megaminx | 2:09.51 | 2:32.98 | top 51.1% | 1,339 / 1,693 | |
| 6×6 | 3:25.60 | 3:39.70 | top 53.1% | 999 / 1,363 | |
| Skewb | 9.75 | 11.75 | top 53.4% | 2,997 / 5,030 |
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
- 14 Jul 2018Three personal bests in one day at Hefei Summer 2018.
- 5 Aug 2017Six personal bests in one day at Inner Mongolia Summer 2017.
- 2 Oct 2015Three personal bests in one day at China Championship 2015.
- 8 Aug 2015First competition: Wuxi Open 2015. A 15.80 3×3 single to start from.
- 8 Aug 2015First sub-15 3×3: 11.82 at Wuxi Open 2015.
Competitions
- Xuzhou Newcomers 2025 · 30 Mar 2025
- China Championship 2019 · 26 Jul 2019
- Hefei Summer 2018 · 14 Jul 2018 — 3 personal bests set
- Jinhua New Year's Day 2018 · 1 Jan 2018
- Inner Mongolia Summer 2017 · 5 Aug 2017 — 6 personal bests set
- China Championship 2015 · 2 Oct 2015 — 3 personal bests set
- Wuxi Open 2015 · 8 Aug 2015 — 2 personal bests 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.
- Zijia Feng (冯子甲) — met in 32 rounds, finished ahead once
- Jiayu Wang (王佳宇) — met in 32 rounds, never finished ahead
- Zian Song (宋子安) — met in 27 rounds, finished ahead 7 times
Next targets
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,606 people have one; it is 1.05 away.
- A sub-40 4×4 single — 10,370 people have one; it is 3.85 away.
Targets move as he improves.