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Chris Szlatenyi

3×3 · top 39.4% of 284,439 all-time · competing since November 2005 · 2005SZLA01

Chris Szlatenyi has been competing for 21 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 19.83, set at Rutgers Fall competition 2005, puts him in the top 39.4% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 22,352nd in the United States. Across 3 competitions since November 2005, he has put 40 official solves on the record across three events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 22% around a typical one, an early reading from 5 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 22.53 in November 2005 to 19.83, a 12% improvement. Chris has entered three competitions, more competitions than 69% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 39.4% of 284,439 all-time
19.83
signature single · Rutgers Fall competition 2005
40
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×319.8322.38
top 39.4%22,352 / 59,724
3×3 one-handed52.251:12.56
top 78.7%11,586 / 15,683
4×42:43.513:04.44
early days — 3 solves18,092 / 19,072

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

Rubik's World Championship 2005: 22.53Rutgers Fall competition 2005: 19.83Trumbull Spring competition 2006: 20.7919.8322.535 Nov 200527 May 2006

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.

  • David Bergman — met in 8 rounds, finished ahead twice
  • Leyan Lo — met in 7 rounds, never finished ahead
  • Jason Baum — met in 7 rounds, never finished ahead

Next targets

  • A sub-15 3×3 single — 69,493 people have one; it is 4.83 away.
  • A sub-50 3×3 one-handed single — 56,546 people have one; it is 2.25 away.

Targets move as he improves.