People · China
Mingze Yang (杨明泽)
Skewb · top 1.3% of 73,281 all-time · competing since June 2018 · 2018YANG76
Mingze Yang (杨明泽) has been competing for 8 years. His best event is the Skewb: a personal-best single of 1.96, set at Beijing Spring PM 2021, puts him in the top 1.3% of the 73,281 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 61st in China. Until December 2014, no official Skewb solve in the world had been that fast. Across 7 competitions since June 2018, he has put 189 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, steadier than 87% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 22.84 in June 2018 to 10.95, a 52% improvement. Mingze 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Skewb | 1.96 | 2.85 | top 1.3% | 61 / 5,004 | |
| 2×2 | 2.63 | 3.65 | top 10.2% | 1,549 / 15,796 | |
| 3×3 | 10.95 | 11.49 | top 10.3% | 4,038 / 28,153 | |
| Pyraminx | 5.69 | 7.38 | top 17.7% | 2,045 / 10,224 | |
| 4×4 | 44.58 | 47.08 | top 17.8% | 1,925 / 5,926 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 27.56 | 31.02 | top 40.8% | 3,742 / 5,922 |
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
- 22 Dec 2019Five personal bests in one day at Harbin Open 2019.
- 3 Aug 2019Three personal bests in one day at Taizhou Open 2019.
- 27 Jan 2019First sub-20 3×3: 14.12 at Shenyang New Year 2019.
- 27 Jan 2019First sub-15 3×3: 14.12 at Shenyang New Year 2019.
- 27 Jan 2019Five personal bests in one day at Shenyang New Year 2019.
- 9 Jun 2018First competition: Harbin Open 2018. A 22.84 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Beijing Spring PM 2021 · 4 Apr 2021 — 1 personal best set
- Harbin Open 2019 · 22 Dec 2019 — 5 personal bests set
- Baoji Open 2019 · 11 Aug 2019
- Taizhou Open 2019 · 3 Aug 2019 — 3 personal bests set
- Qinhuangdao Open 2019 · 6 Apr 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- Shenyang New Year 2019 · 27 Jan 2019 — 5 personal bests set
- Harbin Open 2018 · 9 Jun 2018
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.
- Yizheng Song (宋奕铮) — met in 22 rounds, finished ahead 11 times
- Yibo Wang (王奕博) — met in 19 rounds, finished ahead twice
- Hao Li (李昊) — met in 16 rounds, finished ahead 8 times
Next targets
- A sub-1 Skewb single — 35 people have one; it is 0.96 away.
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.63 away.
Targets move as he improves.