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Ning Qiu (秋宁)

3×3 · top 15.1% of 284,439 all-time · competing since May 2015 · 2015QIUN01

Ning Qiu (秋宁) has been competing for 11 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 12.36, set at Dalian Open 2018, puts him in the top 15.1% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 5,952nd in China. Across 3 competitions since May 2015, he has put 94 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, an early reading from 6 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 21.34 in May 2015 to 12.36, a 42% improvement. Ning has entered three competitions, more competitions than 69% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 15.1% of 284,439 all-time
12.36
signature single · Dalian Open 2018
94
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChina
3×312.3615.30
top 15.1%5,952 / 28,153
Pyraminx5.347.14
top 15.4%1,802 / 10,224
4×456.0459.73
top 32.0%3,222 / 5,926
3×3 one-handed25.3029.00
top 35.0%3,321 / 5,922
2×25.066.40
top 40.1%6,923 / 15,796
Skewb11.1314.21
top 61.5%3,343 / 5,004
5×52:58.30
early days — 2 solves2,658 / 2,816

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

Wuhan Open 2015: 21.34Dalian Open 2018: 12.36Shenyang Open 2018: 13.0012.3621.3410 May 201523 Jun 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-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 0.36 away.
  • A sub-5 Pyraminx single — 17,019 people have one; it is 0.34 away.

Targets move as he improves.