People · Germany
Auel Yakubu
3×3 · top 4.8% of 284,439 all-time · competing since November 2014 · 2014YAKU02
Auel Yakubu has been competing for 12 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.98, set at PSKubing 2016, puts him in the top 4.8% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 249th in Germany. Until May 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 13 competitions since November 2014, he has put 640 official solves on the record across ten events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 65% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 19.79 in November 2014 to 8.98, a 55% improvement. Auel has entered 13 competitions, more competitions than 94% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Germany | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 8.98 | 11.82 | top 4.8% | 249 / 4,109 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 13.56 | 20.27 | top 5.3% | 78 / 1,314 | |
| 4×4 | 36.55 | 43.45 | top 8.2% | 161 / 1,934 | |
| Skewb | 3.86 | 7.06 | top 10.0% | 127 / 1,169 | |
| 2×2 | 2.68 | 4.69 | top 10.7% | 397 / 2,875 | |
| Pyraminx | 4.99 | 7.64 | top 13.1% | 337 / 1,987 | |
| Megaminx | 1:07.86 | 1:10.07 | top 14.4% | 101 / 787 | |
| 5×5 | 1:16.78 | 1:24.65 | top 16.7% | 168 / 1,158 | |
| 7×7 | 3:58.41 | 4:08.60 | top 30.1% | 118 / 510 | |
| 6×6 | 2:39.81 | 2:50.07 | top 30.6% | 143 / 586 |
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
Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 16 Sep 2017Four personal bests in one day at Monnem City Cubing 2017.
- 27 May 2017Four personal bests in one day at Hessen Open 2017.
- 25 Mar 2017Seven personal bests in one day at Schwandorf Open 2017.
- 26 Nov 2016First sub-10 3×3: 8.98 at PSKubing 2016.
- 26 Nov 2016Six personal bests in one day at PSKubing 2016.
- 5 Nov 2016Five personal bests in one day at Munich Open 2016.
Competitions
- Schwandorf Open 2018 · 2 Jun 2018
- Munich Open 2017 · 4 Nov 2017 — 1 personal best set
- Monnem City Cubing 2017 · 16 Sep 2017 — 4 personal bests set
- Hessen Open 2017 · 27 May 2017 — 4 personal bests set
- Schwandorf Open 2017 · 25 Mar 2017 — 7 personal bests set
- PSKubing 2016 · 26 Nov 2016 — 6 personal bests set
- Munich Open 2016 · 5 Nov 2016 — 5 personal bests set
- Tübingen Open 2016 · 13 Aug 2016 — 5 personal bests set
- Schwandorf Open 2016 · 28 May 2016 — 7 personal bests set
- Franconia Winter 2015 · 14 Nov 2015 — 2 personal bests set
- Munich Open 2015 · 31 Oct 2015 — 2 personal bests set
- Franconia Open 2015 · 4 Jul 2015 — 3 personal bests set
- Munich Open 2014 · 8 Nov 2014
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.
- Linus Frész — met in 125 rounds, finished ahead 58 times
- Oliver Fritz — met in 124 rounds, never finished ahead
- Jan Bentlage — met in 117 rounds, finished ahead 10 times
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.98 away.
- A sub-12 3×3 one-handed single — 2,187 people have one; it is 1.56 away.
Targets move as he improves.