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Bailey Apelbaum

3×3 · top 49.3% of 284,439 all-time · competing since December 2016 · 2016APEL02

Bailey Apelbaum has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 23.58, set at POPS Open 2016, puts him in the top 49.3% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 5,113th in Australia. Across 2 competitions since December 2016, he has put 25 official solves on the record across three events. Bailey has entered two competitions.

3×3
best event — top 49.3% of 284,439 all-time
23.58
signature single · POPS Open 2016
25
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingAustralia
3×323.5827.98
top 49.3%5,113 / 11,709
2×28.5110.65
top 70.9%5,828 / 8,567
Pyraminx16.4318.88
top 86.3%5,297 / 5,993

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

POPS Open 2016: 23.58Cubing Classic 2017: 24.2623.5824.2611 Dec 201618 Mar 2017

Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.

The story so far

  • 11 Dec 2016First competition: POPS Open 2016. A 23.58 3×3 single to start from.

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-20 3×3 single — 113,584 people have one; it is 3.58 away.
  • A sub-8 2×2 single — 126,624 people have one; it is 0.51 away.

Targets move as he improves.