People · Germany
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.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Germany | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 7.25 | 9.93 | top 1.6% | 94 / 4,109 | |
| Pyraminx | 3.63 | 8.88 | top 6.0% | 139 / 1,987 | |
| 2×2 | 2.19 | 3.25 | top 6.1% | 252 / 2,875 | |
| 4×4 | 36.16 | 43.15 | top 7.8% | 153 / 1,934 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 16.16 | 20.16 | top 10.6% | 134 / 1,314 | |
| 5×5 | 1:12.66 | 1:23.01 | top 13.6% | 137 / 1,158 | |
| 3×3 Fewest Moves | 36 moves | — | top 33.6% | 127 / 338 | |
| Megaminx | 1:46.66 | 1:59.60 | top 38.5% | 287 / 787 | |
| 6×6 | 2:56.50 | 3:08.13 | top 39.3% | 191 / 586 | |
| 7×7 | 4:31.19 | 4:37.85 | top 41.4% | 164 / 510 | |
| Clock | 24.18 | 31.21 | 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
Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 5 Apr 2014Four personal bests in one day at German Open 2014.
- 6 Apr 2013Three personal bests in one day at BW Open 2013.
- 28 Apr 2012Three personal bests in one day at BW Open 2012.
- 18 Sep 2011Three personal bests in one day at Austrian Open 2011.
- 9 Apr 2011Three personal bests in one day at German Open 2011.
- 5 Mar 2011Five personal bests in one day at Altbier 2011.
Competitions
- Berlin Winter Cubing 2020 · 18 Jan 2020
- Munich Open 2016 · 5 Nov 2016
- German Open 2016 · 9 Apr 2016
- Franconia Winter 2015 · 14 Nov 2015 — 1 personal best set
- Munich Open 2015 · 31 Oct 2015
- SwissScience Open 2015 · 26 Sep 2015
- German Nationals 2015 · 5 Sep 2015
- German Open 2015 · 18 Apr 2015 — 1 personal best set
- Swiss Nationals 2015 · 29 Mar 2015
- FMC Europe 2015 · 28 Mar 2015
- Schleswig Holstein Open 2014 · 27 Dec 2014
- Franconia Winter 2014 · 29 Nov 2014 — 2 personal bests set
- Munich Open 2014 · 8 Nov 2014
- SwissScience Open 2014 · 11 Oct 2014
- German Nationals 2014 · 6 Sep 2014 — 1 personal best set
- Franconia Open 2014 · 28 Jun 2014
- German Open 2014 · 5 Apr 2014 — 4 personal bests set
- Swiss Open 2014 · 29 Mar 2014
- Franconia Winter 2013 · 30 Nov 2013 — 1 personal best set
- German Nationals 2013 · 23 Nov 2013
- Munich Open 2013 · 9 Nov 2013 — 1 personal best set
- V-CUBE Spiel 2013 · 26 Oct 2013
- Schleswig-Holstein Open 2013 · 14 Sep 2013 — 2 personal bests set
- Austrian Big Cube Open 2013 · 24 Aug 2013 — 1 personal best set
- Franconia Open 2013 · 22 Jun 2013
- Erfurt Open 2013 · 1 Jun 2013
- Austrian Open 2013 · 4 May 2013
- German Open 2013 · 20 Apr 2013
- BW Open 2013 · 6 Apr 2013 — 3 personal bests set
- Hessen Open 2013 · 2 Feb 2013
- Frankfurt Cube Days 2012 · 8 Dec 2012 — 2 personal bests set
- German Nationals 2012 · 3 Nov 2012 — 1 personal best set
- V-CUBE Spiel 2012 · 20 Oct 2012 — 1 personal best set
- European Rubik's Cube Championship 2012 · 12 Oct 2012
- Munich Open 2012 · 6 Oct 2012 — 2 personal bests set
- Schleswig-Holstein Open 2012 · 22 Sep 2012 — 1 personal best set
- Aachen Summer Open 2012 · 23 Jun 2012
- BW Open 2012 · 28 Apr 2012 — 3 personal bests set
- German Open 2012 · 14 Apr 2012 — 1 personal best set
- Hessen Open 2012 · 4 Feb 2012 — 1 personal best set
- German Nationals 2011 · 10 Dec 2011 — 2 personal bests set
- Munich Open 2011 · 26 Nov 2011 — 2 personal bests set
- V-CUBE Spiel 2011 · 22 Oct 2011
- Austrian Open 2011 · 18 Sep 2011 — 3 personal bests set
- Czech Open 2011 · 15 Jul 2011 — 1 personal best set
- Schleswig-Holstein Open 2011 · 25 Jun 2011
- Alania Open 2011 · 10 Jun 2011 — 2 personal bests set
- German Open 2011 · 9 Apr 2011 — 3 personal bests set
- Altbier 2011 · 5 Mar 2011 — 5 personal bests set
- Aachen Open 2011 · 14 Jan 2011 — 2 personal bests set
- V-CUBE Spiel 2010 · 23 Oct 2010 — 2 personal bests set
- Munich Open 2010 · 9 Oct 2010 — 2 personal bests set
- German Nationals 2010 · 11 Sep 2010 — 1 personal best set
- Lemgo Open 2010 · 4 Sep 2010 — 2 personal bests set
- Düsseldorf Open 2010 · 24 Jul 2010 — 2 personal bests set
- Cologne Open 2010 · 12 Jun 2010 — 6 personal bests set
- German Open 2010 · 17 Apr 2010 — 7 personal bests set
- German Nationals 2009 · 21 Nov 2009 — 4 personal bests set
- World Rubik's Cube Championship 2009 · 9 Oct 2009
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.
- Sébastien Auroux — met in 474 rounds, finished ahead 318 times
- Jan Bentlage — met in 426 rounds, finished ahead 251 times
- Leon Schmidtchen — met in 371 rounds, finished ahead 142 times
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.