People · China
Yapeng Niu (牛雅鹏)
3×3 · top 9.6% of 284,439 all-time · competing since April 2017 · 2017NIUY01
Yapeng Niu (牛雅鹏) has been competing for 9 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 10.71, set at Lanzhou Autumn 2018, puts him in the top 9.6% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 3,753rd in China. Until August 2006, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 3 competitions since April 2017, he has put 108 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 10% around a typical one, an early reading from 7 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 13.28 in April 2017 to 10.71, a 19% improvement. Yapeng has entered three competitions, more competitions than 69% 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 | 10.71 | 13.00 | top 9.6% | 3,753 / 28,153 | |
| 2×2 | 3.72 | 5.55 | top 23.0% | 3,805 / 15,796 | |
| 4×4 | 52.73 | 57.69 | top 28.0% | 2,928 / 5,926 | |
| Pyraminx | 7.57 | 9.66 | top 32.6% | 3,583 / 10,224 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 25.39 | 27.11 | top 35.2% | 3,338 / 5,922 | |
| Skewb | 8.65 | 10.53 | top 46.1% | 2,672 / 5,004 | |
| Megaminx | 3:00.63 | — | early days — 2 solves | 1,573 / 1,678 |
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
- 14 Oct 2018Four personal bests in one day at Lanzhou Autumn 2018.
- 28 Jul 2017Five personal bests in one day at China Championship 2017.
- 22 Apr 2017First competition: Lanzhou Spring 2017. A 13.59 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Lanzhou Autumn 2018 · 14 Oct 2018 — 4 personal bests set
- China Championship 2017 · 28 Jul 2017 — 5 personal bests set
- Lanzhou Spring 2017 · 22 Apr 2017 — 2 personal bests set
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.
- Baiqiang Dong (董百强) — met in 20 rounds, finished ahead 8 times
- Kaiyang Gao (高凯阳) — met in 20 rounds, finished ahead twice
- Jinming Li (李金洺) — met in 16 rounds, finished ahead twice
Next targets
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 0.71 away.
- A sub-3 2×2 single — 26,570 people have one; it is 0.72 away.
Targets move as he improves.