People · Belgium
Axel Pauwels
Skewb · top 20.3% of 73,281 all-time · competing since March 2013 · 2013PAUW01
Axel Pauwels has been competing for 14 years. His best event is the Skewb: a personal-best single of 5.28, set at Zeeland Open 2016, puts him in the top 20.3% of the 73,281 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 94th in Belgium. Across 14 competitions since March 2013, he has put 511 official solves on the record across eleven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one; 59% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His Pyraminx best has come down from 24.08 in March 2013 to 6.30, a 74% improvement. Axel has entered 14 competitions, more competitions than 95% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Belgium | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Skewb | 5.28 | 14.89 | top 20.3% | 94 / 394 | |
| Pyraminx | 6.30 | 10.35 | top 22.2% | 160 / 589 | |
| 3×3 | 15.88 | 18.63 | top 27.4% | 339 / 1,094 | |
| 2×2 | 4.19 | 6.65 | top 28.9% | 266 / 777 | |
| 5×5 | 2:09.31 | 2:27.19 | top 55.0% | 121 / 246 | |
| 4×4 | 1:21.05 | 1:29.49 | top 56.8% | 249 / 459 | |
| 3×3 Fewest Moves | 43 moves | — | top 59.0% | 43 / 69 | |
| Clock | 18.78 | 22.04 | top 61.1% | 116 / 180 | |
| Megaminx | 3:05.86 | — | top 76.3% | 153 / 197 | |
| 6×6 | 4:55.84 | 5:11.44 | top 80.8% | 86 / 119 | |
| 7×7 | 7:39.83 | — | top 85.9% | 72 / 91 |
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, Pyraminx. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 6 Aug 2016Three personal bests in one day at N8W8 Summer 2016.
- 22 Aug 2015Three personal bests in one day at German Big Cube Open 2015.
- 1 Aug 2015First sub-20 3×3: 19.88 at N8W8 Summer 2015.
- 1 Aug 2015Three personal bests in one day at N8W8 Summer 2015.
- 14 Mar 2015Five personal bests in one day at Zonhoven Open 2015.
- 2 Aug 2014Three personal bests in one day at N8W8 Summer 2014.
Competitions
- N8W8 Summer 2016 · 6 Aug 2016 — 3 personal bests set
- Zeeland Open 2016 · 30 Jul 2016 — 2 personal bests set
- Belgium Summer 2015 · 5 Sep 2015 — 2 personal bests set
- German Big Cube Open 2015 · 22 Aug 2015 — 3 personal bests set
- N8W8 Summer 2015 · 1 Aug 2015 — 3 personal bests set
- Zonhoven Open 2015 · 14 Mar 2015 — 5 personal bests set
- Hasselt Open 2014 · 1 Nov 2014 — 1 personal best set
- N8W8 Summer 2014 · 2 Aug 2014 — 3 personal bests set
- Zonhoven Open 2014 · 22 Mar 2014 — 1 personal best set
- Minx Open 2014 · 22 Feb 2014 — 3 personal bests set
- Hasselt Open 2013 · 2 Nov 2013 — 5 personal bests set
- N8W8 Summer 2013 · 10 Aug 2013 — 4 personal bests set
- Minx Open 2013 · 20 Apr 2013 — 5 personal bests set
- Zonhoven Open 2013 · 2 Mar 2013
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.
- Jonathan Mauroy — met in 116 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
- Michael Kristel — met in 113 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
- Tiemen De Meester — met in 102 rounds, finished ahead 11 times
Next targets
- A sub-5 Skewb single — 13,285 people have one; it is 0.28 away.
- A sub-6 Pyraminx single — 25,870 people have one; it is 0.30 away.
Targets move as he improves.