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Anika van Orten

3×3 · top 70.4% of 284,439 all-time · competing since August 2008 · 2008ORTE03

Anika van Orten has been competing for 18 years. Her best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 34.96, set at Dutch Open 2008, puts her in the top 70.4% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 3,121st in Germany. Across 2 competitions since August 2008, she has put 42 official solves on the record across seven events. Her 3×3 best has come down from 54.88 in August 2008 to 34.96, a 36% improvement. Anika has entered two competitions.

3×3
best event — top 70.4% of 284,439 all-time
34.96
signature single · Dutch Open 2008
42
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingGermany
3×334.9642.32
top 70.4%3,121 / 4,109
2×28.8618.56
top 72.8%2,272 / 2,875
Clock29.38
early days — 2 solves549 / 634
Pyraminx16.6925.36
top 87.0%1,813 / 1,987
4×42:55.18
early days — 2 solves1,846 / 1,934
3×3 one-handed2:28.082:31.54
top 99.1%1,313 / 1,314
5×56:29.27
top 99.1%1,154 / 1,158

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

Dutch Masters 2008: 54.88Dutch Open 2008: 34.9634.9654.8823 Aug 200818 Oct 2008

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 her.

Next targets

  • A sub-30 3×3 single — 177,856 people have one; it is 4.96 away.
  • A sub-8 2×2 single — 126,624 people have one; it is 0.86 away.

Targets move as she improves.