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Changming Ni (倪昌明)

3×3 · top 60.2% of 284,439 all-time · competing since February 2015 · 2015NICH01

Changming Ni (倪昌明) has been competing for 12 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 28.67, set at Yunnan Open 2015, puts him in the top 60.2% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 18,389th in China. Across 3 competitions since February 2015, he has put 39 official solves on the record across three events. His 3×3 best has come down from 36.30 in February 2015 to 28.67, a 21% improvement. Changming has entered three competitions, more competitions than 69% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 60.2% of 284,439 all-time
28.67
signature single · Yunnan Open 2015
39
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChina
3×328.6737.81
top 60.2%18,389 / 28,153
2×29.6210.58
top 76.4%12,397 / 15,796
Pyraminx16.3322.31
top 86.0%8,484 / 10,224

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

Nanning Open 2015: 36.30Yunnan Open 2015: 28.67Chengdu Open 2016: 33.8228.6736.307 Feb 20151 May 2016

Best single per competition, 3×3. 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-25 3×3 single — 149,621 people have one; it is 3.67 away.
  • A sub-8 2×2 single — 126,624 people have one; it is 1.62 away.

Targets move as he improves.