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Zichen Niu (牛子宸)

3×3 · top 83.3% of 288,433 all-time · competing since May 2018 · 2018NIUZ01

Zichen Niu (牛子宸) has been competing for 8 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 46.49, set at Weihai Open 2019, puts him in the top 83.3% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 24,113th in China. Across 2 competitions since May 2018, he has put 19 official solves on the record across three events. Zichen has entered two competitions.

3×3
best event — top 83.3% of 288,433 all-time
46.49
signature single · Weihai Open 2019
19
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChina
3×346.4957.20
top 83.3%24,113 / 28,499
2×213.9724.71
top 88.8%14,268 / 15,939
Pyraminx17.44—
top 88.8%8,819 / 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

Weihai Open 2018: 46.63Weihai Open 2019: 46.4946.4946.6312 May 20186 Apr 2019

Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.

The story so far

  • 12 May 2018First competition: Weihai Open 2018. A 46.63 3×3 single to start from.

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-40 3×3 single — 221,848 people have one; it is 6.49 away.
  • A sub-12 2×2 single — 159,611 people have one; it is 1.97 away.

Targets move as he improves.