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Mingzhen Wu (吴明臻)

3×3 · top 30.8% of 284,439 all-time · competing since June 2016 · 2016WUMI01

Mingzhen Wu (吴明臻) has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 16.95, set at Jiaozuo Open 2017, puts him in the top 30.8% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 11,237th in China. Across 2 competitions since June 2016, he has put 19 official solves on the record across three events. His 3×3 best has come down from 27.28 in June 2016 to 16.95, a 38% improvement. Mingzhen has entered two competitions.

3×3
best event — top 30.8% of 284,439 all-time
16.95
signature single · Jiaozuo Open 2017
19
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChina
3×316.9521.14
top 30.8%11,237 / 28,153
2×25.388.85
top 44.0%7,561 / 15,796
Pyraminx13.2518.32
top 74.3%7,398 / 10,224

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

Cube of Odd Numbers 2016: 27.28Jiaozuo Open 2017: 16.9516.9527.2818 Jun 201625 Nov 2017

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-15 3×3 single — 69,493 people have one; it is 1.95 away.
  • A sub-5 2×2 single — 73,413 people have one; it is 0.38 away.

Targets move as he improves.