People · China
Yiwei Meng (孟一为)
2×2 · top 5.1% of 189,179 all-time · competing since March 2018 · 2018MENG01
Yiwei Meng (孟一为) has been competing for 9 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.05, set at Shenzhen Cubing 10th Anniversary 2019, puts him in the top 5.1% of the 189,179 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 719th in China. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 4 competitions since March 2018, he has put 107 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one, an early reading from 7 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 13.46 in March 2018 to 11.36, a 16% improvement. Yiwei has entered four competitions, more competitions than 78% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | China | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 2.05 | 5.21 | top 5.1% | 719 / 15,939 | |
| 3×3 | 11.36 | 13.69 | top 11.7% | 4,693 / 28,499 | |
| Skewb | 5.45 | 8.08 | top 21.6% | 1,368 / 5,030 | |
| 4×4 | 53.98 | 56.73 | top 29.6% | 3,096 / 5,999 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 24.23 | 30.81 | top 32.2% | 3,159 / 5,994 | |
| Pyraminx | 7.97 | 12.09 | top 36.0% | 3,957 / 10,269 |
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
- 24 Aug 2019Three personal bests in one day at Shenzhen Cubing 10th Anniversary 2019.
- 4 Mar 2018First competition: Dongguan Open 2018. A 14.79 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Shenzhen Open 2023 · 24 Dec 2023
- Shenzhen Cubing 10th Anniversary 2019 · 24 Aug 2019 — 3 personal bests set
- Shenzhen Open 2018 · 21 Jul 2018 — 2 personal bests set
- Dongguan Open 2018 · 4 Mar 2018 — 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.
- Wong Yuk Chi (黃昱誌) — met in 23 rounds, never finished ahead
- Zhichun Li (李志纯) — met in 22 rounds, never finished ahead
- Yunhao Lou (娄云皓) — met in 21 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
Next targets
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 9,039 people have one; it is 0.05 away.
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,606 people have one; it is 1.36 away.
Targets move as he improves.