People · United States
Sean Niu
3×3 · top 28.7% of 288,433 all-time · competing since February 2019 · 2019NIUS01
Sean Niu has been competing for 8 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 16.25, set at Circle City Turbocharged 2023, puts him in the top 28.7% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 15,982nd in the United States. Across 5 competitions since February 2019, he has put 56 official solves on the record across four events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one, an early reading from 6 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 23.23 in February 2019 to 16.25, a 30% improvement. Sean has entered five competitions, more competitions than 83% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 16.25 | 18.16 | top 28.7% | 15,982 / 60,666 | |
| 2×2 | 5.21 | 7.56 | top 42.0% | 17,143 / 41,674 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 31.77 | 35.14 | top 50.8% | 7,088 / 15,900 | |
| Pyraminx | 13.76 | 16.14 | top 76.7% | 23,094 / 29,168 |
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
- 28 Sep 2019First sub-20 3×3: 16.44 at Santa Barbara Fall 2019.
- 2 Feb 2019First competition: Mudd Winter 2019. A 23.23 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Santa Ana Summer A 2023 · 19 Aug 2023
- Circle City Turbocharged 2023 · 11 Mar 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Santa Barbara Fall 2019 · 28 Sep 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- UCSD Winter 2019 · 16 Feb 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Mudd Winter 2019 · 2 Feb 2019
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.
- Margot Audero — met in 10 rounds, never finished ahead
- Will Hamilton — met in 9 rounds, never finished ahead
- Derek Hsieh — met in 9 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-15 3×3 single — 70,740 people have one; it is 1.25 away.
- A sub-5 2×2 single — 74,472 people have one; it is 0.21 away.
Targets move as he improves.