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Björn Korbanka

3×3 · top 1.6% of 284,439 all-time · competing since October 2009 · 2009KORB01

Björn Korbanka has been competing for 17 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 7.25, set at German Open 2014, puts him in the top 1.6% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 94th in Germany. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 59 competitions since October 2009, he has put 3,370 official solves on the record across eleven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, steadier than 55% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 14.31 in October 2009 to 7.25, a 49% improvement. He has entered 59 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 1.6% of 284,439 all-time
7.25
signature single · German Open 2014
3,370
official solves on the record
13%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 55% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingGermany
3×37.259.93
top 1.6%94 / 4,109
Pyraminx3.638.88
top 6.0%139 / 1,987
2×22.193.25
top 6.1%252 / 2,875
4×436.1643.15
top 7.8%153 / 1,934
3×3 one-handed16.1620.16
top 10.6%134 / 1,314
5×51:12.661:23.01
top 13.6%137 / 1,158
3×3 Fewest Moves36 moves
top 33.6%127 / 338
Megaminx1:46.661:59.60
top 38.5%287 / 787
6×62:56.503:08.13
top 39.3%191 / 586
7×74:31.194:37.85
top 41.4%164 / 510
Clock24.1831.21
top 75.1%479 / 634

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

World Rubik's Cube Championship 2009: 14.31German Nationals 2009: 13.56German Open 2010: 12.19Cologne Open 2010: 9.53Düsseldorf Open 2010: 11.19Lemgo Open 2010: 10.72German Nationals 2010: 10.15Munich Open 2010: 10.63Aachen Open 2011: 9.65Altbier 2011: 9.77German Open 2011: 9.55Alania Open 2011: 8.47Schleswig-Holstein Open 2011: 9.72Czech Open 2011: 9.25Austrian Open 2011: 9.50V-CUBE Spiel 2011: 9.13Munich Open 2011: 10.11German Nationals 2011: 9.86Hessen Open 2012: 10.16German Open 2012: 9.61BW Open 2012: 7.68Aachen Summer Open 2012: 9.50Schleswig-Holstein Open 2012: 9.12Munich Open 2012: 9.40European Rubik's Cube Championship 2012: 9.66V-CUBE Spiel 2012: 9.08German Nationals 2012: 9.84Frankfurt Cube Days 2012: 8.86Hessen Open 2013: 9.33BW Open 2013: 8.91German Open 2013: 8.72Austrian Open 2013: 9.39Erfurt Open 2013: 8.58Franconia Open 2013: 10.09Austrian Big Cube Open 2013: 9.08Schleswig-Holstein Open 2013: 9.53V-CUBE Spiel 2013: 9.94Munich Open 2013: 8.68German Nationals 2013: 7.72Franconia Winter 2013: 7.31Swiss Open 2014: 8.27German Open 2014: 7.25Franconia Open 2014: 9.46German Nationals 2014: 9.28SwissScience Open 2014: 9.38Munich Open 2014: 9.53Franconia Winter 2014: 8.33Schleswig Holstein Open 2014: 8.80Swiss Nationals 2015: 8.63German Open 2015: 9.05German Nationals 2015: 10.21SwissScience Open 2015: 9.47Munich Open 2015: 9.28Franconia Winter 2015: 8.75German Open 2016: 8.86Munich Open 2016: 8.78Berlin Winter Cubing 2020: 9.277.2514.319 Oct 200918 Jan 2020

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-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 1.25 away.
  • A sub-3 Pyraminx single — 4,700 people have one; it is 0.63 away.

Targets move as he improves.