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Beate Niediek

3×3 · top 91.7% of 284,439 all-time · competing since January 2009 · 2009NIED01

Beate Niediek has been competing for 18 years. Her best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 1:00.53, set at Aachen Open 2011, puts her in the top 91.7% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 3,835th in Germany. Across 4 competitions since January 2009, she has put 20 official solves on the record across one event. Her 3×3 best has come down from 1:21.81 in January 2009 to 1:00.53, a 26% improvement. Beate has entered four competitions, more competitions than 78% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 91.7% of 284,439 all-time
1:00.53
signature single · Aachen Open 2011
20
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingGermany
3×31:00.531:06.85
top 91.7%3,835 / 4,109

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

Aachen Open 2009: 1:21.81Aachen Open 2010: 1:01.02German Nationals 2010: 1:05.81Aachen Open 2011: 1:00.531:00.531:21.8110 Jan 200914 Jan 2011

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

The story so far

  • 10 Jan 2009First competition: Aachen Open 2009. A 1:21.81 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 her.

Next targets

  • A sub-1:00 3×3 single — 260,367 people have one; it is 0.53 away.

Targets move as she improves.