People · China
Yingmin Mao (毛英民)
3×3 blindfolded · top 5.0% of 12,178 all-time · competing since July 2016 · 2016MAOY01
Yingmin Mao (毛英民) has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the 3×3 blindfolded: a personal-best single of 33.30, set at China Championship 2019, puts him in the top 5.0% of the 12,178 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 87th in China. Until February 2010, no official 3×3 blindfolded solve in the world had been that fast. Across 15 competitions since July 2016, he has put 136 official solves on the record across ten events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, an early reading from 6 counted rounds. His 3×3 blindfolded best has come down from 3:02.05 in April 2017 to 33.30, an 82% improvement. Yingmin has entered 15 competitions, more competitions than 95% 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 blindfolded | 33.30 | 46.72 | top 5.0% | 87 / 1,183 | |
| 2×2 | 4.05 | 6.12 | top 27.1% | 4,601 / 15,796 | |
| 3×3 | 18.00 | 19.75 | top 34.1% | 12,224 / 28,153 | |
| Square-1 | 23.77 | 28.71 | top 36.4% | 610 / 1,362 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 37.82 | 44.59 | top 62.1% | 4,984 / 5,922 | |
| Clock | 25.13 | — | early days — 1 solve | 1,610 / 1,843 | |
| 3×3 Multi-Blind | 3 of 4 cubes · 32:49 | — | early days — 2 solves | 214 / 278 | |
| Skewb | 14.92 | 22.84 | top 78.1% | 4,003 / 5,004 | |
| Pyraminx | 14.28 | 16.92 | top 79.0% | 7,819 / 10,224 | |
| 3×3 Fewest Moves | 52 moves | 63.00 | top 83.5% | 964 / 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
Best single per competition, 3×3 blindfolded. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 29 Apr 2018Three personal bests in one day at Chengdu Open 2018.
- 5 Oct 2017Three personal bests in one day at Hefei Open 2017.
- 2 Apr 2017First sub-20 3×3: 19.07 at Xi'an Cherry Blossom 2017.
- 3 Jul 2016First competition: Changchun Open 2016. A 22.73 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Chengdu New Year Afternoon 2021 · 3 Jan 2021 — 1 personal best set
- Harbin Open 2019 · 22 Dec 2019
- Xi'an 10th Anniversary 2019 · 24 Aug 2019
- China Championship 2019 · 26 Jul 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Chengdu Winter Open 2018 · 24 Nov 2018 — 1 personal best set
- China Championship 2018 · 2 Oct 2018 — 1 personal best set
- Shenyang Summer 2018 · 5 Aug 2018 — 1 personal best set
- Cross-strait FMC 2018 · 4 Aug 2018
- Chengdu Open 2018 · 29 Apr 2018 — 3 personal bests set
- Xi'an Cherry Blossom 2018 · 6 Apr 2018
- Chongqing Open 2017 · 30 Dec 2017 — 2 personal bests set
- Hefei Open 2017 · 5 Oct 2017 — 3 personal bests set
- Chengdu Open 2017 · 29 Apr 2017
- Xi'an Cherry Blossom 2017 · 2 Apr 2017 — 1 personal best set
- Changchun Open 2016 · 3 Jul 2016
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.
- Jiazhou Li (李佳洲) — met in 23 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
- Yiwei Liu (刘伊玮) — met in 23 rounds, finished ahead twice
- Xinyu Li (李欣宇) — met in 21 rounds, finished ahead 8 times
Next targets
- A sub-30 3×3 blindfolded single — 501 people have one; it is 3.30 away.
- A sub-4 2×2 single — 49,452 people have one; it is 0.05 away.
Targets move as he improves.