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Zixuan Niu (牛子轩)

3×3 · top 54.6% of 284,439 all-time · competing since April 2019 · 2019NIUZ02

Zixuan Niu (牛子轩) has been competing for 7 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 25.91, set at Shenyang Open 2019, puts him in the top 54.6% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 17,131st in China. Across 2 competitions since April 2019, he has put 25 official solves on the record across two events. His 3×3 best has come down from 29.19 in April 2019 to 25.91, an 11% improvement. Zixuan has entered two competitions.

3×3
best event — top 54.6% of 284,439 all-time
25.91
signature single · Shenyang Open 2019
25
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChina
3×325.9131.31
top 54.6%17,131 / 28,153
2×29.0610.96
top 73.8%12,030 / 15,796

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

Dalian Spring 2019: 29.19Shenyang Open 2019: 25.9125.9129.1921 Apr 201930 Jun 2019

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-25 3×3 single — 149,621 people have one; it is 0.91 away.
  • A sub-8 2×2 single — 126,624 people have one; it is 1.06 away.

Targets move as he improves.