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Yiyang Nie (聂一阳)

3×3 · top 45.6% of 284,439 all-time · competing since April 2017 · 2017NIEY01

Yiyang Nie (聂一阳) has been competing for 9 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 22.06, set at Xi'an Open 2018, puts him in the top 45.6% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 15,093rd in China. Across 2 competitions since April 2017, he has put 21 official solves on the record across three events. His 3×3 best has come down from 40.97 in April 2017 to 22.06, a 46% improvement. Yiyang has entered two competitions.

3×3
best event — top 45.6% of 284,439 all-time
22.06
signature single · Xi'an Open 2018
21
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChina
3×322.0625.14
top 45.6%15,093 / 28,153
2×28.9510.91
top 73.2%11,953 / 15,796
Pyraminx16.1022.31
top 85.4%8,415 / 10,224

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

Xi'an Cherry Blossom 2017: 40.97Xi'an Open 2018: 22.0622.0640.972 Apr 201727 Oct 2018

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-20 3×3 single — 113,584 people have one; it is 2.06 away.
  • A sub-8 2×2 single — 126,624 people have one; it is 0.95 away.

Targets move as he improves.