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Albert Nel

3×3 · top 57.1% of 284,439 all-time · competing since November 2014 · 2014NELA01

Albert Nel has been competing for 12 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 27.11, set at Tuks Open 2015, puts him in the top 57.1% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 924th in South Africa. Across 2 competitions since November 2014, he has put 10 official solves on the record across one event. His 3×3 best has come down from 37.11 in November 2014 to 27.11, a 27% improvement. Albert has entered two competitions.

3×3
best event — top 57.1% of 284,439 all-time
27.11
signature single · Tuks Open 2015
10
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingSouth Africa
3×327.1140.44
top 57.1%924 / 2,164

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

Johannesburg 2014: 37.11Tuks Open 2015: 27.1127.1137.1123 Nov 201428 Mar 2015

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.

Next targets

  • A sub-25 3×3 single — 149,621 people have one; it is 2.11 away.

Targets move as he improves.