William Niu

Name: William Niu

Region: United States

Competitions: 9

WCA ID:

2015NIUW01

Gender: Male

Career: 2015.10.03 - 2019.07.28

2024 Annual Summary

Current Personal RecordsBattle

Event	NR	CR	WR	Single	Average	WR	CR	NR	Solves/Attempts
3x3x3 Cube	2859	3745	14407	9.70	11.35	11918	3092	2373	108/110
2x2x2 Cube	1654	2107	7623	2.10	3.79	8873	2538	1970	63/65
4x4x4 Cube	2029	2825	11548	44.63	55.27	14885	3668	2656	24/27
5x5x5 Cube	2525	3421	12878	1:45.39	1:51.98	11587	3055	2247	17/17
3x3x3 One-Handed	280	350	1171	11.45	17.48	3315	813	613	70/70
Megaminx	1439	2009	7368	1:28.99	1:44.69	8066	2204	1581	17/17
Pyraminx	1648	2122	8439	4.11	4.97	3574	900	717	49/50
Skewb	6847	8666	28489	8.80	11.51	22709	6706	5260	20/20
Square-1	1843	2260	6875	22.58	39.24	9765	3218	2613	8/9

Sum of Ranks

	Sum of NR	NR	Sum of CR	CR	Sum of WR	WR
Single	37952	1718	49155	2168	174504	7315
Average	30304	1593	39248	1999	138873	6705

By Event
By Competition

Competition	Round	Place	Best	Average	Detail
3x3x3 Cube
Massachusetts Championship 2019	Second round	30	11.13	12.25	12.81 11.64 13.47 11.13 12.31
	First round	30	10.66	11.99	11.52 11.34 13.11 13.21 10.66
WPI Fall Cube Fest 2017	Final	10	10.23	11.79	12.09 12.52 10.76 10.23 13.70
	Second round	10	11.14	12.09	11.14 11.73 12.72 11.81 DNF
	First round	13	11.49	12.14	12.87 11.53 11.49 12.01 13.93
Phillips Exeter Cube Day 2016	Final	13	9.70	13.52	9.70 14.90 13.09 14.14 13.33
	Semi Final	13	10.62	12.34	14.10 11.04 10.62 11.87 15.02
	Second round	21	12.22	13.02	DNF 13.24 12.22 13.19 12.64
	First round	11	10.94	11.56	10.94 13.48 11.26 12.27 11.16
Lexington Summer 2016	Final	14	12.00	13.15	13.15 14.20 12.98 13.31 12.00
	Semi Final	10	10.52	11.35	10.52 16.83 11.68 11.55 10.82
	Second round	15	10.79	12.82	13.52 13.76 10.79 12.27 12.67
	First round	20	10.61	13.35	13.71 16.52 13.07 10.61 13.26
Northeastern Spring 2016	Second round	20	12.17	13.46	16.12 15.02 12.17 12.89 12.48
	First round	20	12.18	14.52	15.21 13.59 15.53 12.18 14.76
MIT Spring 2016	Second round	24	10.08	15.92	13.90 17.91 10.08 16.19 17.68
	First round	29	11.80	16.33	16.99 16.34 15.66 11.80 22.20
Melrose Winter 2016	Second round	18	12.53	14.94	12.53 15.90 14.18 18.89 14.73
	First round	20	13.65	15.51	18.23 15.14 17.34 13.65 14.05
MIT Fall 2015	Second round	31	15.21	17.59	19.53 16.81 18.38 15.21 17.57
	First round	31	15.12	16.85	16.05 15.12 16.55 17.94 19.89
Phillips Exeter Cube Day 2015	First round	41	21.89	26.25	21.89 27.14 27.63 23.97 29.15

2x2x2 Cube
Competition	Round	Place	Best	Average	Detail
Massachusetts Championship 2019	Second round	30	3.38	4.64	4.35 5.54 DNF 3.38 4.04
	First round	26	3.91	4.50	4.27 3.99 3.91 6.04 5.24
WPI Fall Cube Fest 2017	Final	11	2.78	3.84	3.80 4.90 2.78 4.43 3.29
	First round	10	3.24	3.79	4.05 4.27 3.24 3.87 3.45
Phillips Exeter Cube Day 2016	Final	11	4.13	4.85	4.94 4.62 5.89 4.99 4.13
	First round	15	3.58	4.04	4.20 3.58 3.89 4.90 4.02
Lexington Summer 2016	Second round	33	2.10	5.30	5.69 5.71 2.10 5.43 4.77
	First round	25	2.85	4.67	2.85 4.23 4.09 8.74 5.69
Northeastern Spring 2016	Final	34	3.63	6.40	7.92 3.63 5.05 6.23 8.37
MIT Spring 2016	First round	48	4.85	7.39	4.85 6.58 DNF 9.68 5.90
Melrose Winter 2016	First round	25	3.97	5.55	3.97 5.81 5.69 6.18 5.16
MIT Fall 2015	First round	47	5.06	7.16	7.99 5.06 6.45 7.05 12.46
Phillips Exeter Cube Day 2015	First round	49	6.45	9.52	15.10 10.22 6.45 9.20 9.14

4x4x4 Cube
Competition	Round	Place	Best	Average	Detail
Massachusetts Championship 2019	First round	40	44.63	55.27	59.54 55.46 50.82 44.63 DNF
Phillips Exeter Cube Day 2016	First round	28	59.11	1:09.01	DNF 1:05.04 1:09.90 59.11 1:12.10
Lexington Summer 2016	First round	42	1:09.80	1:22.28	1:33.10 1:11.83 1:09.80 1:21.91 1:45.59
Northeastern Spring 2016	Final	28	1:12.81	1:23.85	1:24.11 1:26.79 1:20.64 DNF 1:12.81
MIT Spring 2016	Final	32	1:20.74	1:34.07	1:44.54 1:25.80 1:33.86 1:42.56 1:20.74
Melrose Winter 2016	Final	31	1:47.53		1:47.53 2:13.52

5x5x5 Cube
Competition	Round	Place	Best	Average	Detail
Massachusetts Championship 2019	First round	39	1:45.39	1:51.98	1:54.86 1:48.93 1:45.39 2:26.32 1:52.15
Phillips Exeter Cube Day 2016	Final	33	2:06.65	2:21.50	2:36.42 2:06.65 3:41.22 2:11.98 2:16.09
Lexington Summer 2016	First round	35	2:46.90	2:59.18	2:46.90 3:00.09 3:19.27 2:48.36 3:09.09
Northeastern Spring 2016	Final	21	2:41.28		2:41.28 3:17.97

3x3x3 Blindfolded
Competition	Round	Place	Best	Average	Detail
Massachusetts Championship 2019	First round	15	DNF	DNF	DNF DNF DNF
WPI Fall Cube Fest 2017	Final	11	DNF	DNF	DNF DNF DNF
Phillips Exeter Cube Day 2016	Final	13	DNF	DNF	DNF DNF DNS
Lexington Summer 2016	Final	7	DNF	DNF	DNF DNF DNF

3x3x3 One-Handed
Competition	Round	Place	Best	Average	Detail
Massachusetts Championship 2019	Final	8	11.45	17.48	20.37 15.89 16.18 11.45 21.54
	First round	10	15.49	18.34	16.28 19.35 15.49 19.39 21.65
Phillips Exeter Cube Day 2016	Final	9	18.84	20.03	21.19 20.59 20.29 18.84 19.22
	Second round	9	19.77	20.80	19.77 21.35 23.87 20.29 20.77
	First round	12	19.05	21.32	20.27 21.01 19.05 23.31 22.69
Lexington Summer 2016	Final	17	22.24	23.91	27.15 24.88 22.24 24.48 22.36
	Second round	11	15.86	21.09	15.86 23.82 25.08 21.59 17.87
	First round	11	19.53	22.00	19.53 20.81 23.86 22.96 22.22
Northeastern Spring 2016	Final	11	18.78	21.88	21.20 24.28 20.15 18.78 30.10
	First round	12	18.35	21.60	26.99 18.35 21.20 22.41 21.19
MIT Spring 2016	Final	9	18.91	23.10	18.91 26.67 22.48 24.91 21.92
	First round	10	19.31	23.06	30.64 22.69 19.31 20.67 25.81
MIT Fall 2015	First round	27	29.86	35.65	29.86 35.22 34.57 40.07 37.15
Phillips Exeter Cube Day 2015	First round	34	54.42	1:09.61	1:16.77 1:03.29 1:15.33 1:10.20 54.42

Megaminx
Competition	Round	Place	Best	Average	Detail
Massachusetts Championship 2019	First round	29	1:28.99	1:44.69	1:28.99 1:45.09 1:43.26 1:46.70 1:45.73
WPI Fall Cube Fest 2017	Final	14	1:33.24	2:01.61	1:33.24 2:04.99 2:03.11 2:08.45 1:56.73
Phillips Exeter Cube Day 2016	Final	15	1:58.30	2:22.91	2:25.57 1:58.30 2:32.09 2:15.16 2:28.00
Northeastern Spring 2016	Final	12	2:51.14		2:51.14 3:04.38

Pyraminx
Competition	Round	Place	Best	Average	Detail
Massachusetts Championship 2019	Final	14	5.01	6.33	6.10 5.68 7.20 8.26 5.01
	First round	9	4.11	4.97	9.72 4.59 4.11 5.79 4.54
WPI Fall Cube Fest 2017	Final	18	5.35	6.37	5.88 5.35 11.79 6.45 6.78
	First round	16	5.54	7.53	7.31 6.36 DNF 5.54 8.92
Phillips Exeter Cube Day 2016	Final	11	7.05	8.14	9.48 7.05 7.79 7.14 10.17
	First round	17	6.71	8.48	6.71 10.57 7.40 12.70 7.47
Lexington Summer 2016	First round	68	13.80	16.20	20.22 13.80 15.61 15.39 17.60
Northeastern Spring 2016	Final	18	8.25	11.00	11.87 8.25 13.55 11.62 9.51
MIT Spring 2016	Final	25	9.24	10.54	10.44 9.24 10.29 10.90 11.45
Melrose Winter 2016	First round	36	9.94	13.33	18.27 9.94 12.54 13.82 13.63

Skewb
Competition	Round	Place	Best	Average	Detail
Massachusetts Championship 2019	First round	58	8.80	11.51	13.32 10.65 11.76 12.11 8.80
Phillips Exeter Cube Day 2016	First round	32	12.12	15.48	12.12 12.93 18.14 15.36 22.51
Lexington Summer 2016	First round	49	11.62	19.49	15.56 28.09 15.96 26.95 11.62
MIT Spring 2016	Final	40	11.22	19.86	25.98 13.28 11.22 26.26 20.31

Square-1
Competition	Round	Place	Best	Average	Detail
Massachusetts Championship 2019	First round	35	22.58	39.24	42.82 35.04 44.74 39.87 22.58
Phillips Exeter Cube Day 2016	Final	27	1:39.15		1:39.15 DNF
Melrose Winter 2016	Final	14	1:13.74		1:13.74 1:31.91

Event	Round	Place	Best	Average	Detail
Massachusetts Championship 2019
3x3x3 Cube	Second round	30	11.13	12.25	12.81 11.64 13.47 11.13 12.31
	First round	30	10.66	11.99	11.52 11.34 13.11 13.21 10.66
2x2x2 Cube	Second round	30	3.38	4.64	4.35 5.54 DNF 3.38 4.04
	First round	26	3.91	4.50	4.27 3.99 3.91 6.04 5.24
4x4x4 Cube	First round	40	44.63	55.27	59.54 55.46 50.82 44.63 DNF
5x5x5 Cube	First round	39	1:45.39	1:51.98	1:54.86 1:48.93 1:45.39 2:26.32 1:52.15
3x3x3 Blindfolded	First round	15	DNF	DNF	DNF DNF DNF
3x3x3 One-Handed	Final	8	11.45	17.48	20.37 15.89 16.18 11.45 21.54
	First round	10	15.49	18.34	16.28 19.35 15.49 19.39 21.65
Megaminx	First round	29	1:28.99	1:44.69	1:28.99 1:45.09 1:43.26 1:46.70 1:45.73
Pyraminx	Final	14	5.01	6.33	6.10 5.68 7.20 8.26 5.01
	First round	9	4.11	4.97	9.72 4.59 4.11 5.79 4.54
Skewb	First round	58	8.80	11.51	13.32 10.65 11.76 12.11 8.80
Square-1	First round	35	22.58	39.24	42.82 35.04 44.74 39.87 22.58

WPI Fall Cube Fest 2017
Event	Round	Place	Best	Average	Detail
3x3x3 Cube	Final	10	10.23	11.79	12.09 12.52 10.76 10.23 13.70
	Second round	10	11.14	12.09	11.14 11.73 12.72 11.81 DNF
	First round	13	11.49	12.14	12.87 11.53 11.49 12.01 13.93
2x2x2 Cube	Final	11	2.78	3.84	3.80 4.90 2.78 4.43 3.29
	First round	10	3.24	3.79	4.05 4.27 3.24 3.87 3.45
3x3x3 Blindfolded	Final	11	DNF	DNF	DNF DNF DNF
Megaminx	Final	14	1:33.24	2:01.61	1:33.24 2:04.99 2:03.11 2:08.45 1:56.73
Pyraminx	Final	18	5.35	6.37	5.88 5.35 11.79 6.45 6.78
	First round	16	5.54	7.53	7.31 6.36 DNF 5.54 8.92

Phillips Exeter Cube Day 2016
Event	Round	Place	Best	Average	Detail
3x3x3 Cube	Final	13	9.70	13.52	9.70 14.90 13.09 14.14 13.33
	Semi Final	13	10.62	12.34	14.10 11.04 10.62 11.87 15.02
	Second round	21	12.22	13.02	DNF 13.24 12.22 13.19 12.64
	First round	11	10.94	11.56	10.94 13.48 11.26 12.27 11.16
2x2x2 Cube	Final	11	4.13	4.85	4.94 4.62 5.89 4.99 4.13
	First round	15	3.58	4.04	4.20 3.58 3.89 4.90 4.02
4x4x4 Cube	First round	28	59.11	1:09.01	DNF 1:05.04 1:09.90 59.11 1:12.10
5x5x5 Cube	Final	33	2:06.65	2:21.50	2:36.42 2:06.65 3:41.22 2:11.98 2:16.09
3x3x3 Blindfolded	Final	13	DNF	DNF	DNF DNF DNS
3x3x3 One-Handed	Final	9	18.84	20.03	21.19 20.59 20.29 18.84 19.22
	Second round	9	19.77	20.80	19.77 21.35 23.87 20.29 20.77
	First round	12	19.05	21.32	20.27 21.01 19.05 23.31 22.69
Megaminx	Final	15	1:58.30	2:22.91	2:25.57 1:58.30 2:32.09 2:15.16 2:28.00
Pyraminx	Final	11	7.05	8.14	9.48 7.05 7.79 7.14 10.17
	First round	17	6.71	8.48	6.71 10.57 7.40 12.70 7.47
Skewb	First round	32	12.12	15.48	12.12 12.93 18.14 15.36 22.51
Square-1	Final	27	1:39.15		1:39.15 DNF

Lexington Summer 2016
Event	Round	Place	Best	Average	Detail
3x3x3 Cube	Final	14	12.00	13.15	13.15 14.20 12.98 13.31 12.00
	Semi Final	10	10.52	11.35	10.52 16.83 11.68 11.55 10.82
	Second round	15	10.79	12.82	13.52 13.76 10.79 12.27 12.67
	First round	20	10.61	13.35	13.71 16.52 13.07 10.61 13.26
2x2x2 Cube	Second round	33	2.10	5.30	5.69 5.71 2.10 5.43 4.77
	First round	25	2.85	4.67	2.85 4.23 4.09 8.74 5.69
4x4x4 Cube	First round	42	1:09.80	1:22.28	1:33.10 1:11.83 1:09.80 1:21.91 1:45.59
5x5x5 Cube	First round	35	2:46.90	2:59.18	2:46.90 3:00.09 3:19.27 2:48.36 3:09.09
3x3x3 Blindfolded	Final	7	DNF	DNF	DNF DNF DNF
3x3x3 One-Handed	Final	17	22.24	23.91	27.15 24.88 22.24 24.48 22.36
	Second round	11	15.86	21.09	15.86 23.82 25.08 21.59 17.87
	First round	11	19.53	22.00	19.53 20.81 23.86 22.96 22.22
Pyraminx	First round	68	13.80	16.20	20.22 13.80 15.61 15.39 17.60
Skewb	First round	49	11.62	19.49	15.56 28.09 15.96 26.95 11.62

Northeastern Spring 2016
Event	Round	Place	Best	Average	Detail
3x3x3 Cube	Second round	20	12.17	13.46	16.12 15.02 12.17 12.89 12.48
	First round	20	12.18	14.52	15.21 13.59 15.53 12.18 14.76
2x2x2 Cube	Final	34	3.63	6.40	7.92 3.63 5.05 6.23 8.37
4x4x4 Cube	Final	28	1:12.81	1:23.85	1:24.11 1:26.79 1:20.64 DNF 1:12.81
5x5x5 Cube	Final	21	2:41.28		2:41.28 3:17.97
3x3x3 One-Handed	Final	11	18.78	21.88	21.20 24.28 20.15 18.78 30.10
	First round	12	18.35	21.60	26.99 18.35 21.20 22.41 21.19
Megaminx	Final	12	2:51.14		2:51.14 3:04.38
Pyraminx	Final	18	8.25	11.00	11.87 8.25 13.55 11.62 9.51

MIT Spring 2016
Event	Round	Place	Best	Average	Detail
3x3x3 Cube	Second round	24	10.08	15.92	13.90 17.91 10.08 16.19 17.68
	First round	29	11.80	16.33	16.99 16.34 15.66 11.80 22.20
2x2x2 Cube	First round	48	4.85	7.39	4.85 6.58 DNF 9.68 5.90
4x4x4 Cube	Final	32	1:20.74	1:34.07	1:44.54 1:25.80 1:33.86 1:42.56 1:20.74
3x3x3 One-Handed	Final	9	18.91	23.10	18.91 26.67 22.48 24.91 21.92
	First round	10	19.31	23.06	30.64 22.69 19.31 20.67 25.81
Pyraminx	Final	25	9.24	10.54	10.44 9.24 10.29 10.90 11.45
Skewb	Final	40	11.22	19.86	25.98 13.28 11.22 26.26 20.31

Melrose Winter 2016
Event	Round	Place	Best	Average	Detail
3x3x3 Cube	Second round	18	12.53	14.94	12.53 15.90 14.18 18.89 14.73
	First round	20	13.65	15.51	18.23 15.14 17.34 13.65 14.05
2x2x2 Cube	First round	25	3.97	5.55	3.97 5.81 5.69 6.18 5.16
4x4x4 Cube	Final	31	1:47.53		1:47.53 2:13.52
Pyraminx	First round	36	9.94	13.33	18.27 9.94 12.54 13.82 13.63
Square-1	Final	14	1:13.74		1:13.74 1:31.91

MIT Fall 2015
Event	Round	Place	Best	Average	Detail
3x3x3 Cube	Second round	31	15.21	17.59	19.53 16.81 18.38 15.21 17.57
	First round	31	15.12	16.85	16.05 15.12 16.55 17.94 19.89
2x2x2 Cube	First round	47	5.06	7.16	7.99 5.06 6.45 7.05 12.46
3x3x3 One-Handed	First round	27	29.86	35.65	29.86 35.22 34.57 40.07 37.15

Phillips Exeter Cube Day 2015
Event	Round	Place	Best	Average	Detail
3x3x3 Cube	First round	41	21.89	26.25	21.89 27.14 27.63 23.97 29.15
2x2x2 Cube	First round	49	6.45	9.52	15.10 10.22 6.45 9.20 9.14
3x3x3 One-Handed	First round	34	54.42	1:09.61	1:16.77 1:03.29 1:15.33 1:10.20 54.42

No.	Date	Name	Region	City
9	2019-07-26~28	Massachusetts Championship 2019	United States	Boston, Massachusetts
8	2017-10-01	WPI Fall Cube Fest 2017	United States	Worcester, Massachusetts
7	2016-11-05~06	Phillips Exeter Cube Day 2016	United States	Exeter, New Hampshire
6	2016-06-25~26	Lexington Summer 2016	United States	Lexington, Massachusetts
5	2016-05-28	Northeastern Spring 2016	United States	Boston, Massachusetts
4	2016-04-30	MIT Spring 2016	United States	Cambridge, Massachusetts
3	2016-02-20	Melrose Winter 2016	United States	Melrose, Massachusetts
2	2015-12-12	MIT Fall 2015	United States	Cambridge, Massachusetts
1	2015-10-03	Phillips Exeter Cube Day 2015	United States	Exeter, New Hampshire

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1	439
2	81
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6	7
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All	604