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Jingchen Niu (牛景辰)

3×3 · top 57.5% of 284,439 all-time · competing since June 2016 · 2016NIUJ03

Jingchen Niu (牛景辰) has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 27.30, set at Jiaozuo Open 2017, puts him in the top 57.5% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 17,788th in China. Across 3 competitions since June 2016, he has put 20 official solves on the record across two events. His 3×3 best has come down from 33.31 in June 2016 to 27.30, an 18% improvement. Jingchen has entered three competitions, more competitions than 69% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 57.5% of 284,439 all-time
27.30
signature single · Jiaozuo Open 2017
20
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChina
3×327.3028.34
top 57.5%17,788 / 28,153
2×210.4514.28
top 79.7%12,844 / 15,796

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

Cube of Odd Numbers 2016: 33.31ZUA Open 2017: 27.84Jiaozuo Open 2017: 27.3027.3033.3118 Jun 201625 Nov 2017

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 2.30 away.
  • A sub-10 2×2 single — 145,545 people have one; it is 0.45 away.

Targets move as he improves.