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Xiang Meng (孟响)

Skewb · top 0.47% of 73,281 all-time · competing since June 2017 · 2017MENG07

Xiang Meng (孟响) has been competing for 9 years. His best event is the Skewb: a personal-best single of 1.52, set at Beijing Autumn Begins 2026, puts him in the top 0.47% of the 73,281 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 27th in China. Until October 2015, no official Skewb solve in the world had been that fast. Across 26 competitions since June 2017, he has put 1,131 official solves on the record across 13 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 63% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His Skewb best has come down from 4.87 in June 2017 to 1.52, a 69% improvement. Xiang has entered 26 competitions, more competitions than 98% of everyone who has ever competed.

Skewb
best event — top 0.47% of 73,281 all-time
1.52
signature single · Beijing Autumn Begins 2026
1,131
official solves on the record
12%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 63% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChina
Skewb1.522.98
top 0.47%27 / 5,004
3×37.819.81
top 2.5%888 / 28,153
2×21.812.90
top 3.6%483 / 15,796
Square-18.8116.54
top 4.2%52 / 1,362
Pyraminx3.175.14
top 4.2%511 / 10,224
3×3 one-handed13.9416.47
top 6.0%569 / 5,922
4×434.5039.01
top 6.3%633 / 5,926
Clock6.847.79
top 10.3%226 / 1,843
5×51:10.071:26.20
top 11.6%572 / 2,816
Megaminx1:06.211:19.55
top 13.4%382 / 1,678
6×62:38.332:45.11
top 29.9%636 / 1,349
7×75:02.065:11.02
early days — 3 solves900 / 1,261
3×3 Fewest Moves44 moves—
top 62.5%737 / 1,058

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: 4.87China Championship 2017: 3.45Taiyuan Autumn 2017: 3.78Inner Mongolia Winter 2018: 3.33Beijing Open 2018: 2.73Beijing Summer 2018: 2.22China Championship 2018: 1.86Qinhuangdao Winter 2018: 2.54Taiyuan Winter 2018: 2.40Beijing Winter 2018: 3.04Beijing Summer 2019: 2.66China Championship 2019: 1.89Beijing Spring PM 2021: 2.26Bangkok Cube Festival 2025: 1.73Luoyang Spring 2025: 2.84Beijing Summer 2025: 2.95Beijing Winter 2026: 2.26Beijing Spring Open 2026: 2.33Beijing Autumn Begins 2026: 1.521.524.8724 Jun 201722 Aug 2026

Best single per competition, Skewb. 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 Skewb single — 35 people have one; it is 0.52 away.
  • A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 1.81 away.

Targets move as he improves.