People · China
Xianglai Meng (孟祥来)
3×3 · top 13.9% of 284,439 all-time · competing since August 2009 · 2009MENG04
Xianglai Meng (孟祥来) has been competing for 17 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 12.00, set at Beijing Spring 2011, puts him in the top 13.9% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 5,491st in China. Across 10 competitions since August 2009, he has put 141 official solves on the record across four events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 9% around a typical one, steadier than 99% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 15.90 in August 2009 to 12.00, a 25% improvement. Xianglai has entered ten competitions, more competitions than 92% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | China | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 12.00 | 14.45 | top 13.9% | 5,491 / 28,153 | |
| 2×2 | 5.86 | 7.56 | top 49.4% | 8,452 / 15,796 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 31.50 | 42.83 | top 50.1% | 4,330 / 5,922 | |
| 4×4 | 3:17.58 | — | early days — 1 solve | 5,898 / 5,926 |
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
- 9 May 2010First sub-15 3×3: 14.91 at Alpha Cube BUAA Open 2010.
- 9 May 2010Three personal bests in one day at Alpha Cube BUAA Open 2010.
- 16 Aug 2009First competition: Beijing Summer Open 2009. A 19.78 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Edinburgh Open 2013 · 26 Jan 2013
- Beijing Summer 2012 · 12 Aug 2012
- NEMO Amsterdam Open 2012 · 19 May 2012 — 1 personal best set
- Beijing Summer Open 2011 · 31 Jul 2011
- Beijing Spring 2011 · 23 Apr 2011 — 2 personal bests set
- Beijing Winter 2011 · 15 Jan 2011
- Tianjin Open 2010 · 21 Nov 2010 — 1 personal best set
- Alpha Cube BUAA Open 2010 · 9 May 2010 — 3 personal bests set
- Beijing Winter 2009 · 20 Dec 2009
- Beijing Summer Open 2009 · 16 Aug 2009 — 1 personal best set
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.
- Fubo Wang (王富博) — met in 22 rounds, never finished ahead
- Baiqiang Dong (董百强) — met in 21 rounds, finished ahead 9 times
- Menglin Xu (徐梦麟) — met in 20 rounds, finished ahead once
Next targets
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 2.00 away.
- A sub-5 2×2 single — 73,413 people have one; it is 0.86 away.
Targets move as he improves.