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Mingzhi Da (达明志)

3×3 Fewest Moves · top 1.0% of 12,294 all-time · competing since April 2014 · 2014DAMI01

Mingzhi Da (达明志) has been competing for 12 years. His best event is the 3×3 Fewest Moves: a personal-best single of 20 moves, set at More Than One Cube Shanghai 2026, puts him in the top 1.0% of the 12,294 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 17th in China. Across 58 competitions since April 2014, he has put 1,208 official solves on the record across 15 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 77% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 22.83 in April 2014 to 9.71, a 57% improvement. Mingzhi has entered 58 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3 Fewest Moves
best event — top 1.0% of 12,294 all-time
20 moves
signature single · More Than One Cube Shanghai 2026
1,208
official solves on the record
12%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 77% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChina
3×3 Fewest Moves20 moves24.67
top 1.0%17 / 1,058
2×21.354.28
top 1.5%178 / 15,796
3×3 one-handed13.8519.16
top 5.8%556 / 5,922
3×39.7112.09
top 6.7%2,589 / 28,153
Skewb3.937.11
top 10.4%622 / 5,004
4×438.9644.87
top 10.9%1,158 / 5,926
Pyraminx5.087.39
top 13.7%1,621 / 10,224
Megaminx1:06.531:19.23
top 13.7%391 / 1,678
7×73:12.903:24.03
top 14.2%284 / 1,261
5×51:14.421:19.91
top 14.8%722 / 2,816
6×62:22.002:26.89
top 21.5%478 / 1,349
Clock10.1312.63
top 25.7%584 / 1,843
3×3 blindfolded1:47.82—
top 29.2%404 / 1,183
Square-130.3139.39
top 49.9%861 / 1,362
3×3 Multi-Blind2 of 4 cubes · 28:05—
early days — 1 solve275 / 278

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

Nanjing Spring 2014: 22.83Nanjing Spring 2016: 18.06Hefei Summer 2018: 17.05Beijing Summer 2018: 13.63Qianjiang Summer Open 2018: 14.76WIT Open 2018: 13.35Hangzhou Open 2018: 13.25Nanjing Autumn 2018: 13.91Wuhu Open 2018: 15.44Hefei Spring 2019: 12.17Yancheng Spring 2019: 13.27Wuhan Open 2019: 11.98Linfen Open 2019: 12.48Huzhou Open 2019: 14.23China Championship 2019: 11.31Taizhou Open 2019: 12.28Suzhou Open 2019: 11.60Shandong Open 2019: 11.98Nanjing Autumn 2019: 11.65Kunshan Afternoon 2021: 12.28Zhengzhou Summer 2021: 11.36Tianjin Summer Solstice 2021: 11.74Xi'an Cherry Blossom 2024: 12.74Tianjin Open 2024: 11.57Deqing Big Cubes Summer 2024: 12.09Zhengzhou Open 2024: 11.64Xi'an Cherry Blossom 2025: 11.49Xuzhou Open 2025: 11.66Hangzhou Winter 2025: 10.42Zhengzhou Zest 2025: 9.71Deqing Small & Special 2026: 12.38Nanchang Summer 2026: 13.24Wuhu Open 2026: 11.87Fuzhou Summer 2026: 12.479.7122.837 Apr 201423 Aug 2026

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-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.35 away.
  • A sub-12 3×3 one-handed single — 2,187 people have one; it is 1.85 away.

Targets move as he improves.