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Mingzhe Li (李明哲)

3×3 one-handed · top 1.1% of 73,695 all-time · competing since August 2016 · 2016LIMI04

Mingzhe Li (李明哲) has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the 3×3 one-handed: a personal-best single of 10.07, set at Xi'an Cherry Blossom AM 2021, puts him in the top 1.1% of the 73,695 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 95th in China. Until December 2011, no official 3×3 one-handed solve in the world had been that fast. Across 25 competitions since August 2016, he has put 724 official solves on the record across nine events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 62% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 12.73 in August 2016 to 7.25, a 43% improvement. Mingzhe has entered 25 competitions, more competitions than 98% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3 one-handed
best event — top 1.1% of 73,695 all-time
10.07
signature single · Xi'an Cherry Blossom AM 2021
724
official solves on the record
12%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 62% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChina
3×3 one-handed10.0712.58
top 1.1%95 / 5,922
3×37.259.62
top 1.6%584 / 28,153
2×21.523.21
top 2.2%260 / 15,796
Pyraminx5.429.59
top 15.9%1,867 / 10,224
4×448.2857.08
top 22.5%2,424 / 5,926
Megaminx2:14.98—
early days — 2 solves1,367 / 1,678
5×52:16.53—
top 59.1%2,339 / 2,816
Skewb10.7716.82
top 59.5%3,264 / 5,004
Clock40.34—
early days — 1 solve1,785 / 1,843

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

Xi'an Open 2016: 12.73XJTU Open 2016: 11.43Xi'an New Year 2017: 12.10Xi'an Cherry Blossom 2017: 11.68China Championship 2017: 11.38Baoji Open 2018: 11.86China Championship 2018: 9.74Xi'an Open 2018: 9.53Xianyang Open 2019: 9.49Anyang Open 2019: 9.97Xi'an Cherry Blossom 2019: 9.50Lanzhou Spring 2019: 10.03Linfen Open 2019: 9.53China Championship 2019: 9.61Baoji Open 2019: 10.26Xi'an 10th Anniversary 2019: 8.31Luoyang Open 2019: 8.80Xi'an New Year 2020: 8.58Ordos Winter 2020: 8.58Shenzhen Good Morning 2020: 9.68Xi'an Cherry Blossom AM 2021: 9.80Kunshan Afternoon 2021: 9.23Zhengzhou Summer 2021: 8.55Shenzhen Open 2023: 8.70Xuzhou Open 2025: 7.257.2512.7313 Aug 201616 Nov 2025

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-10 3×3 one-handed single — 779 people have one; it is 0.07 away.
  • A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 1.25 away.

Targets move as he improves.