People · China
Qingpo Niu (牛青坡)
Megaminx · top 4.9% of 34,786 all-time · competing since January 2016 · 2016NIUQ01
Qingpo Niu (牛青坡) has been competing for 11 years. His best event is the Megaminx: a personal-best single of 49.60, set at Xi'an Cherry Blossom 2019, puts him in the top 4.9% of the 34,786 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 108th in China. Until October 2010, no official Megaminx solve in the world had been that fast. Across 16 competitions since January 2016, he has put 357 official solves on the record across eleven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, steadier than 51% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 20.65 in January 2016 to 10.22, a 51% improvement. Qingpo has entered 16 competitions, more competitions than 96% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | China | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Megaminx | 49.60 | 52.65 | top 4.9% | 108 / 1,678 | |
| 3×3 | 10.22 | 11.97 | top 8.1% | 3,175 / 28,153 | |
| 4×4 | 43.11 | 47.83 | top 15.9% | 1,728 / 5,926 | |
| Pyraminx | 5.61 | 8.87 | top 17.2% | 1,993 / 10,224 | |
| 2×2 | 3.30 | 4.55 | top 17.8% | 2,874 / 15,796 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 20.42 | 28.38 | top 21.6% | 2,152 / 5,922 | |
| Skewb | 5.48 | 11.90 | top 21.8% | 1,365 / 5,004 | |
| 5×5 | 1:25.22 | 1:35.33 | top 23.5% | 1,116 / 2,816 | |
| 6×6 | 3:14.43 | 3:29.86 | early days — 3 solves | 925 / 1,349 | |
| 3×3 Fewest Moves | 45 moves | — | early days — 2 solves | 774 / 1,058 | |
| 7×7 | 7:27.00 | — | early days — 1 solve | 1,200 / 1,261 |
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, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 27 Oct 2018Three personal bests in one day at Xi'an Open 2018.
- 6 Apr 2018Three personal bests in one day at Xi'an Cherry Blossom 2018.
- 14 Oct 2017Three personal bests in one day at XPU Open 2017.
- 11 Jun 2017First sub-15 3×3: 13.66 at Luoyang Open 2017.
- 13 Aug 2016First sub-20 3×3: 18.09 at Xi'an Open 2016.
- 2 Jan 2016First competition: Xi'an New Year 2016. A 20.65 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Xi'an New Year 2020 · 1 Jan 2020 — 2 personal bests set
- Baoji Open 2019 · 11 Aug 2019
- FMC 2019 · 15 Jun 2019
- Chengdu Open 2019 · 1 May 2019
- Xi'an Cherry Blossom 2019 · 13 Apr 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- Xianyang Open 2019 · 3 Mar 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Xi'an Open 2018 · 27 Oct 2018 — 3 personal bests set
- Lanzhou Autumn 2018 · 14 Oct 2018 — 1 personal best set
- Ningxia Open 2018 · 5 Aug 2018 — 2 personal bests set
- Baoji Open 2018 · 21 Jul 2018 — 2 personal bests set
- Xi'an Cherry Blossom 2018 · 6 Apr 2018 — 3 personal bests set
- XPU Open 2017 · 14 Oct 2017 — 3 personal bests set
- China Championship 2017 · 28 Jul 2017 — 2 personal bests set
- Luoyang Open 2017 · 11 Jun 2017 — 2 personal bests set
- Xi'an Open 2016 · 13 Aug 2016 — 1 personal best set
- Xi'an New Year 2016 · 2 Jan 2016
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.
- Kaiyang Gao (高凯阳) — met in 57 rounds, finished ahead 17 times
- Haodong Cheng (程昊东) — met in 41 rounds, finished ahead 7 times
- Junze Zhao (赵俊泽) — met in 39 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-40 Megaminx single — 557 people have one; it is 9.60 away.
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 0.22 away.
Targets move as he improves.