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Ziyu Niu (牛子宇)

3×3 · top 37.5% of 284,439 all-time · competing since April 2019 · 2019NIUZ03

Ziyu Niu (牛子宇) has been competing for 7 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 19.14, set at Shenyang Open 2019, puts him in the top 37.5% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 13,108th in China. Across 2 competitions since April 2019, he has put 30 official solves on the record across two events. His 3×3 best has come down from 22.97 in April 2019 to 19.14, a 17% improvement. Ziyu has entered two competitions.

3×3
best event — top 37.5% of 284,439 all-time
19.14
signature single · Shenyang Open 2019
30
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChina
3×319.1421.99
top 37.5%13,108 / 28,153
2×25.266.33
top 42.5%7,339 / 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: 22.97Shenyang Open 2019: 19.1419.1422.9721 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-15 3×3 single — 69,493 people have one; it is 4.14 away.
  • A sub-5 2×2 single — 73,413 people have one; it is 0.26 away.

Targets move as he improves.