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Mang Nilian

3×3 · top 52.6% of 284,439 all-time · competing since December 2016 · 2016NILI01

Mang Nilian has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 25.01, set at TF3I San Diego 2017, puts him in the top 52.6% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 30,806th in the United States. Across 3 competitions since December 2016, he has put 23 official solves on the record across three events. His 3×3 best has come down from 52.39 in December 2016 to 25.01, a 52% improvement. Mang has entered three competitions, more competitions than 69% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 52.6% of 284,439 all-time
25.01
signature single · TF3I San Diego 2017
23
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×325.0127.06
top 52.6%30,806 / 59,724
3×3 one-handed51.301:04.69
top 77.9%11,431 / 15,683
Megaminx3:18.98
early days — 3 solves6,377 / 7,841

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

2FTI San Diego 2016: 52.39TF3I San Diego 2017: 25.01Thanks for the InFive 2018: 25.5325.0152.3910 Dec 201612 May 2018

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 0.01 away.
  • A sub-50 3×3 one-handed single — 56,546 people have one; it is 1.30 away.

Targets move as he improves.