People · China
Xiaoniu Song (宋小牛)
3×3 · top 19.3% of 288,433 all-time · competing since May 2012 · 2012SONG03
Xiaoniu Song (宋小牛) has been competing for 14 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 13.51, set at Guangzhou Rubik's Cube Day 2013, puts him in the top 19.3% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 7,628th in China. Across 7 competitions since May 2012, he has put 69 official solves on the record across two events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, steadier than 89% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 16.11 in May 2012 to 13.51, a 16% improvement. Xiaoniu has entered seven competitions, more competitions than 88% 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 | 13.51 | 15.01 | top 19.3% | 7,628 / 28,499 | |
| 2×2 | 4.00 | 6.55 | top 26.5% | 4,532 / 15,939 |
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
- 9 Dec 2012First sub-15 3×3: 14.02 at Guangzhou HEMC Cubing Movement 2012.
- 20 May 2012First competition: Guangzhou SCUT 2012. A 16.11 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Guangzhou Cube Splashing Day 2014 · 20 Apr 2014 — 1 personal best set
- Guangzhou Small Cubes 2014 · 12 Jan 2014
- Guangdong Open 2013 · 1 Oct 2013
- Guangzhou CCSA Championship 2013 · 22 Jul 2013
- Guangzhou Rubik's Cube Day 2013 · 1 May 2013 — 1 personal best set
- Guangzhou HEMC Cubing Movement 2012 · 9 Dec 2012 — 1 personal best set
- Guangzhou SCUT 2012 · 20 May 2012
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.
- Jiacheng Peng (彭家诚) — met in 13 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
- Weixing Zhang (张炜星) — met in 12 rounds, never finished ahead
- Geng Xie (谢耿) — met in 11 rounds, finished ahead 7 times
Next targets
- A sub-12 3×3 single — 40,277 people have one; it is 1.51 away.
- A sub-3 2×2 single — 27,049 people have one; it is 1.00 away.
Targets move as he improves.