People · China
Yuning Niu (牛豫宁)
2×2 · top 5.7% of 189,179 all-time · competing since April 2018 · 2018NIUY01
Yuning Niu (牛豫宁) has been competing for 8 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.13, set at Zhengzhou Open 2018, puts him in the top 5.7% of the 189,179 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 814th in China. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 4 competitions since April 2018, he has put 113 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, an early reading from 9 counted rounds. Yuning 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 2.13 | 4.46 | top 5.7% | 814 / 15,939 | |
| 3×3 | 9.52 | 11.09 | top 6.2% | 2,433 / 28,499 | |
| 4×4 | 36.46 | 40.61 | top 8.2% | 867 / 5,999 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 17.91 | 20.70 | top 14.9% | 1,492 / 5,994 | |
| 5×5 | 1:18.15 | 1:26.76 | top 17.8% | 878 / 2,857 | |
| Pyraminx | 8.43 | 12.28 | top 40.0% | 4,347 / 10,269 |
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
- 29 Jul 2018First sub-10 3×3: 9.70 at Beijing Summer 2018.
- 29 Jul 2018Five personal bests in one day at Beijing Summer 2018.
- 15 Apr 2018First competition: Luoyang Spring 2018. A 11.84 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Xi'an Summer 2025 · 19 Jul 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Zhengzhou Open 2018 · 2 Dec 2018 — 2 personal bests set
- Beijing Summer 2018 · 29 Jul 2018 — 5 personal bests set
- Luoyang Spring 2018 · 15 Apr 2018 — 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.
- Canzheng Cao (曹参政) — met in 17 rounds, finished ahead 13 times
- Diwen Xu (许帝文) — met in 16 rounds, finished ahead 6 times
- Kaiyang Gao (高凯阳) — met in 16 rounds, finished ahead 5 times
Next targets
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 9,039 people have one; it is 0.13 away.
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 8,101 people have one; it is 1.52 away.
Targets move as he improves.