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Armin de Vaan

2×2 · top 21.2% of 186,767 all-time · competing since February 2014 · 2014VAAN01

Armin de Vaan has been competing for 13 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 3.58, set at Eat Sleep Cube Repeat 2014, puts him in the top 21.2% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 480th in the Netherlands. Across 6 competitions since February 2014, he has put 175 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, steadier than 84% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 20.98 in February 2014 to 18.33, a 13% improvement. Armin has entered six competitions, more competitions than 86% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 21.2% of 186,767 all-time
3.58
signature single · Eat Sleep Cube Repeat 2014
175
official solves on the record
11%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 84% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingNetherlands
2×23.586.52
top 21.2%480 / 1,665
3×318.3321.81
top 35.1%960 / 2,294
Pyraminx8.8814.09
top 43.8%690 / 1,283
4×41:08.431:19.76
top 45.3%437 / 1,000
5×52:23.892:46.82
top 62.9%320 / 532
3×3 one-handed45.3356.48
top 71.9%504 / 726

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

2 AVG competition 2014: 20.98Zonhoven Open 2014: 19.40Dutch Nationals 2014: 20.81Dutch Open 2014: 20.31Eat Sleep Cube Repeat 2014: 19.56Dutch Nationals 2015: 18.3318.3320.982 Feb 201427 Sep 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.

The circuit

The people whose scorecards keep turning up next to his.

Next targets

  • A sub-3 2×2 single — 26,570 people have one; it is 0.58 away.
  • A sub-15 3×3 single — 69,493 people have one; it is 3.33 away.

Targets move as he improves.