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Mingyuan Zhang (张茗源)

3×3 · top 40.9% of 284,439 all-time · competing since June 2017 · 2017ZHAM01

Mingyuan Zhang (张茗源) has been competing for 9 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 20.32, set at Beijing Summer 2018, puts him in the top 40.9% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 13,967th in China. Across 5 competitions since June 2017, he has put 68 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, an early reading from 5 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 33.18 in June 2017 to 20.32, a 39% improvement. Mingyuan has entered five competitions, more competitions than 83% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 40.9% of 284,439 all-time
20.32
signature single · Beijing Summer 2018
68
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChina
3×320.3221.88
top 40.9%13,967 / 28,153
2×25.896.38
top 49.7%8,501 / 15,796
Pyraminx9.6212.10
top 50.0%5,265 / 10,224
4×41:41.58
early days — 2 solves5,434 / 5,926
5×53:02.23
early days — 2 solves2,674 / 2,816
Skewb20.2531.01
top 90.0%4,424 / 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

Beijing Open 2017: 33.18Beijing Ten Years Open 2017: 23.30Beijing Open 2018: 21.35Beijing Summer 2018: 20.32China Championship 2018: 20.6120.3233.1824 Jun 20172 Oct 2018

Best single per competition, 3×3. 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-20 3×3 single — 113,584 people have one; it is 0.32 away.
  • A sub-5 2×2 single — 73,413 people have one; it is 0.89 away.

Targets move as he improves.