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Xiecheng Nie (聂勰成)

3×3 · top 14.2% of 284,439 all-time · competing since December 2014 · 2014NIEX01

Xiecheng Nie (聂勰成) has been competing for 12 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 12.10, set at Zhenjiang Open 2015, puts him in the top 14.2% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 5,614th in China. Across 7 competitions since December 2014, he has put 203 official solves on the record across eight events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, steadier than 50% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. That figure sets aside his 3 DNFs. His 3×3 best has come down from 18.49 in December 2014 to 12.10, a 35% improvement. Xiecheng has entered seven competitions, more competitions than 88% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 14.2% of 284,439 all-time
12.10
signature single · Zhenjiang Open 2015
203
official solves on the record
13%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 50% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChina
3×312.1013.50
top 14.2%5,614 / 28,153
Pyraminx5.179.83
top 14.2%1,687 / 10,224
Skewb4.547.51
top 14.8%908 / 5,004
2×23.074.84
top 15.1%2,390 / 15,796
4×449.3155.47
top 23.9%2,535 / 5,926
3×3 one-handed22.0825.99
top 26.3%2,587 / 5,922
Clock10.3510.90
top 26.8%618 / 1,843
5×52:03.40
top 51.3%2,122 / 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

Cube Elite Union Cafe 2014: 18.49Shanghai Fudan Spring 2015: 13.77Nanjing Spring 2015: 13.24Wuxi Open 2015: 13.42Shanghai Summer Open 2015: 12.98Zhenjiang Open 2015: 12.10Nanjing Spring 2016: 12.8012.1018.496 Dec 201430 Apr 2016

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 0.10 away.
  • A sub-5 Pyraminx single — 17,019 people have one; it is 0.17 away.

Targets move as he improves.