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Christoph Zistler

3×3 · top 5.5% of 284,439 all-time · competing since February 2012 · 2012ZIST01

Christoph Zistler has been competing for 15 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 9.27, set at Hessen Open 2014, puts him in the top 5.5% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 272nd in Germany. Until February 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 7 competitions since February 2012, he has put 309 official solves on the record across ten events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 65% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 13.81 in February 2012 to 9.27, a 33% improvement. Christoph has entered seven competitions, more competitions than 88% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 5.5% of 284,439 all-time
9.27
signature single · Hessen Open 2014
309
official solves on the record
12%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 65% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingGermany
3×39.2711.71
top 5.5%272 / 4,109
2×22.774.24
top 11.7%424 / 2,875
Pyraminx6.098.90
top 20.7%528 / 1,987
4×449.2255.68
top 23.7%449 / 1,934
5×51:31.501:55.07
top 28.5%299 / 1,158
3×3 one-handed26.1936.94
top 37.3%491 / 1,314
Square-149.41
early days — 2 solves395 / 533
Clock26.71
top 79.7%512 / 634
3×3 Fewest Moves60 moves
early days — 1 solve324 / 338
7×79:19.68
early days — 1 solve465 / 510

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

Hessen Open 2012: 13.81German Open 2012: 12.18BW Open 2012: 11.69German Nationals 2012: 13.19Hessen Open 2013: 11.16BW Open 2013: 12.56Hessen Open 2014: 9.279.2713.814 Feb 201215 Mar 2014

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-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.27 away.
  • A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.77 away.

Targets move as he improves.