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Christiaan Paans

3×3 · top 18.2% of 284,439 all-time · competing since October 2016 · 2016PAAN01

Christiaan Paans has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 13.22, set at Breda Open 2017, puts him in the top 18.2% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 534th in the Netherlands. Across 5 competitions since October 2016, he has put 126 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, an early reading from 8 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 15.90 in October 2016 to 13.22, a 17% improvement. Christiaan has entered five competitions, more competitions than 83% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 18.2% of 284,439 all-time
13.22
signature single · Breda Open 2017
126
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingNetherlands
3×313.2215.80
top 18.2%534 / 2,294
4×457.831:00.66
top 34.1%328 / 1,000
2×25.156.22
top 41.2%868 / 1,665
3×3 one-handed28.0035.74
top 42.0%285 / 726
Pyraminx8.8512.76
top 43.5%686 / 1,283
5×52:14.042:19.86
top 57.6%299 / 532

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

Dutch Nationals 2016: 15.90Dutch Winter 2017: 16.85Breda Open 2017: 13.22Dutch Nationals 2017: 14.9713.2216.851 Oct 201623 Sep 2017

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-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 1.22 away.
  • A sub-50 4×4 single — 20,746 people have one; it is 7.83 away.

Targets move as he improves.