People · China
Shitao Niu (牛世涛)
3×3 · top 11.1% of 284,439 all-time · competing since August 2024 · 2024NIUS01
Shitao Niu (牛世涛) has been competing for 2 years. Her best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 11.21, set at Deqing Small Cubes Summer 2024, puts her in the top 11.1% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 4,365th in China. Across 4 competitions since August 2024, she has put 56 official solves on the record across three events. Her 2×2 best has come down from 5.45 in August 2024 to 2.96, a 46% improvement. Shitao has entered four competitions, more competitions than 78% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | China | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 11.21 | 11.98 | top 11.1% | 4,365 / 28,153 | |
| 2×2 | 2.96 | 5.05 | top 13.8% | 2,145 / 15,796 | |
| Clock | 9.25 | 11.65 | top 21.2% | 461 / 1,843 |
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, 2×2. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 25 Aug 2024First competition: Deqing Small Cubes Summer 2024. A 11.21 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Xi'an Summer 2026 · 19 Jul 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Start of Summer Beijing 2026 · 1 May 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Xi'an Summer 2025 · 19 Jul 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Deqing Small Cubes Summer 2024 · 25 Aug 2024
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 her.
- Kaixi Guo (郭铠希) — met in 8 rounds, never finished ahead
- Ruimin Yan (颜瑞民) — met in 7 rounds, finished ahead twice
- Yanfu Feng (冯彦福) — met in 7 rounds, finished ahead once
Next targets
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 1.21 away.
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.96 away.
Targets move as she improves.