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Carsten Rettig

3×3 · top 57.3% of 284,439 all-time · competing since June 2015 · 2015RETT01

Carsten Rettig has been competing for 11 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 27.21, set at Holy Toledo Summer 2018, puts him in the top 57.3% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 33,851st in the United States. Across 5 competitions since June 2015, he has put 59 official solves on the record across three events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 16% around a typical one, an early reading from 5 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 41.68 in June 2015 to 27.21, a 35% improvement. Carsten has entered five competitions, more competitions than 83% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 57.3% of 284,439 all-time
27.21
signature single · Holy Toledo Summer 2018
59
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×327.2133.77
top 57.3%33,851 / 59,724
2×27.4311.83
top 63.8%26,273 / 40,951
Pyraminx15.6621.58
top 84.1%24,798 / 28,708

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

Indiana 2015: 41.68Dayton 2015: 36.91Flag City Spring 2018: 35.28Holy Toledo Summer 2018: 27.21Cubing For LLS Fall 2018: 28.1227.2141.6812 Jun 201525 Aug 2018

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-25 3×3 single — 149,621 people have one; it is 2.21 away.
  • A sub-6 2×2 single — 95,042 people have one; it is 1.43 away.

Targets move as he improves.