People · China
Guiyu Niu (牛桂煜)
Skewb · top 6.6% of 73,281 all-time · competing since June 2019 · 2019NIUG01
Guiyu Niu (牛桂煜) has been competing for 7 years. His best event is the Skewb: a personal-best single of 3.30, set at Malaysia 15th Anniversary Championship 2024, puts him in the top 6.6% of the 73,281 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 373rd in China. Until February 2014, no official Skewb solve in the world had been that fast. Across 7 competitions since June 2019, he has put 101 official solves on the record across nine events. His Skewb best has come down from 9.04 in June 2019 to 3.30, a 63% improvement. Guiyu has entered seven competitions, more competitions than 88% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | China | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Skewb | 3.30 | 4.94 | top 6.6% | 373 / 5,004 | |
| Clock | 6.71 | 8.90 | top 9.9% | 216 / 1,843 | |
| 2×2 | 3.34 | 5.08 | top 18.3% | 2,966 / 15,796 | |
| Pyraminx | 5.81 | 6.89 | top 18.6% | 2,141 / 10,224 | |
| 3×3 | 15.87 | 20.23 | top 27.4% | 10,179 / 28,153 | |
| 4×4 | 1:08.88 | 1:14.87 | top 45.8% | 4,259 / 5,926 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 34.06 | 39.13 | top 55.5% | 4,643 / 5,922 | |
| Megaminx | 2:22.02 | — | early days — 2 solves | 1,417 / 1,678 | |
| Square-1 | 55.07 | — | early days — 2 solves | 1,247 / 1,362 |
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, Skewb. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 27 Jul 2024Three personal bests in one day at Malaysia 15th Anniversary Championship 2024.
- 20 Jun 2021Three personal bests in one day at Tianjin Summer Solstice 2021.
- 7 Jun 2019First competition: Beijing Summer 2019.
Competitions
- Malaysia 15th Anniversary Championship 2024 · 27 Jul 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Fushun Open 2024 · 28 Jan 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Hong Kong Big Cube Day 2023 · 30 Jul 2023
- Tianjin Summer Solstice 2021 · 20 Jun 2021 — 3 personal bests set
- Beijing Spring PM 2021 · 4 Apr 2021 — 1 personal best set
- Beijing Spring Special 2021 · 3 Apr 2021
- Beijing Summer 2019 · 7 Jun 2019
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.
- Pengrui Xiang (向鹏睿) — met in 13 rounds, finished ahead 5 times
- Boying Li (李博莹) — met in 12 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
- Xinhe Liu (刘心赫) — met in 11 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
Next targets
- A sub-3 Skewb single — 3,646 people have one; it is 0.30 away.
- A sub-6 Clock single — 2,324 people have one; it is 0.71 away.
Targets move as he improves.