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Nianwei Ouyang (欧阳念炜)

3×3 · top 4.4% of 284,439 all-time · competing since April 2017 · 2017OUYA01

Nianwei Ouyang (欧阳念炜) has been competing for 9 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.81, set at Nanchang Good Afternoon 2021, puts him in the top 4.4% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,690th in China. Until May 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 6 competitions since April 2017, he has put 69 official solves on the record across five events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 20% around a typical one, an early reading from 8 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 30.50 in April 2017 to 8.81, a 71% improvement. Nianwei has entered six competitions, more competitions than 86% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 4.4% of 284,439 all-time
8.81
signature single · Nanchang Good Afternoon 2021
69
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChina
3×38.8112.83
top 4.4%1,690 / 28,153
4×450.4656.93
top 25.3%2,682 / 5,926
3×3 one-handed22.2625.31
top 26.8%2,632 / 5,922
2×26.417.45
top 55.1%9,340 / 15,796
Skewb10.8113.34
top 59.8%3,274 / 5,004

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

Nanchang Spring 2017: 30.50Nanchang Summer Is Coming 2018: 16.44Nanchang Dragon-boat Open 2018: 14.22Wuhan Autumn 2019: 11.56Nanchang Good Afternoon 2021: 8.81Nanchang Spring 2024: 10.198.8130.5015 Apr 201721 Apr 2024

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-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.81 away.
  • A sub-50 4×4 single — 20,746 people have one; it is 0.46 away.

Targets move as he improves.