People · China
Boyang Ni (倪博阳)
3×3 · top 5.9% of 288,433 all-time · competing since April 2015 · 2015NIBO01
Boyang Ni (倪博阳) has been competing for 12 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 9.42, set at China Championship 2017, puts him in the top 5.9% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 2,323rd in China. Until February 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 10 competitions since April 2015, he has put 218 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one; 79% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 15.88 in April 2015 to 9.42, a 41% improvement. Boyang 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 | 9.42 | 12.68 | top 5.9% | 2,323 / 28,499 | |
| 2×2 | 3.21 | 4.11 | top 16.8% | 2,737 / 15,939 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 18.75 | 22.11 | top 17.2% | 1,728 / 5,994 | |
| 4×4 | 59.53 | 1:08.77 | top 36.1% | 3,609 / 5,999 | |
| Pyraminx | 8.31 | 14.42 | top 38.9% | 4,252 / 10,269 | |
| Skewb | 10.52 | 13.43 | top 58.2% | 3,229 / 5,030 |
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
- 28 Jul 2017First sub-10 3×3: 9.42 at China Championship 2017.
- 30 Aug 2015First sub-15 3×3: 11.93 at Shanghai Summer Open 2015.
- 30 Aug 2015Four personal bests in one day at Shanghai Summer Open 2015.
- 25 Apr 2015First competition: Shanghai Fudan Spring 2015. A 15.88 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Wakefield Spring 2022 · 7 May 2022 — 1 personal best set
- China Championship 2017 · 28 Jul 2017 — 1 personal best set
- Yangzhou Open 2016 · 17 Aug 2016 — 1 personal best set
- Suzhou Open 2016 · 2 Jul 2016 — 2 personal bests set
- Shanghai Songjiang Open 2016 · 14 May 2016 — 1 personal best set
- Shanghai Spring 2016 · 19 Mar 2016 — 1 personal best set
- Zhenjiang Open 2015 · 7 Nov 2015 — 2 personal bests set
- Shanghai Summer Open 2015 · 30 Aug 2015 — 4 personal bests set
- Nanjing Spring 2015 · 1 May 2015 — 2 personal bests set
- Shanghai Fudan Spring 2015 · 25 Apr 2015
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.
- Jiayu Wang (王佳宇) — met in 42 rounds, never finished ahead
- Yinghao Wang (王鹰豪) — met in 38 rounds, finished ahead once
- Haichuan Du (杜海川) — met in 31 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 8,101 people have one; it is 1.42 away.
- A sub-3 2×2 single — 27,049 people have one; it is 0.21 away.
Targets move as he improves.