People · United States
Christopher Nicolaas Vlok
2×2 · top 29.5% of 186,767 all-time · competing since October 2016 · 2016VLOK01
Christopher Nicolaas Vlok has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 4.23, set at Caltech Winter 2017, puts him in the top 29.5% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 11,692nd in the United States. Across 6 competitions since October 2016, he has put 85 official solves on the record across five events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, an early reading from 5 counted rounds. His 2×2 best has come down from 5.70 in October 2016 to 4.23, a 26% improvement. Christopher has entered six competitions, more competitions than 86% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 4.23 | 6.60 | top 29.5% | 11,692 / 40,951 | |
| Pyraminx | 8.43 | 11.16 | top 39.9% | 11,426 / 28,708 | |
| 3×3 | 21.64 | 29.32 | top 44.5% | 25,606 / 59,724 | |
| Skewb | 9.88 | 14.26 | top 54.2% | 9,815 / 18,907 | |
| 4×4 | 2:15.56 | — | early days — 1 solve | 16,645 / 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
Best single per competition, 2×2. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 25 Feb 2017Three personal bests in one day at Caltech Winter 2017.
- 19 Nov 2016First sub-30 3×3: 21.64 at Berkeley Fall 2016.
- 8 Oct 2016First competition: Newport Fall 2016. A 30.79 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Newport Fall 2017 · 7 Oct 2017
- CubingUSA Nationals 2017 · 7 Jul 2017
- Caltech Winter 2017 · 25 Feb 2017 — 3 personal bests set
- Berkeley Fall 2016 · 19 Nov 2016 — 1 personal best set
- Caltech Fall 2016 · 12 Nov 2016
- Newport Fall 2016 · 8 Oct 2016
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.
- Kevin Matthews — met in 24 rounds, finished ahead twice
- Jungwoo Kim (김정우) — met in 19 rounds, never finished ahead
- Elijah Brown — met in 19 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-4 2×2 single — 49,452 people have one; it is 0.23 away.
- A sub-8 Pyraminx single — 46,752 people have one; it is 0.43 away.
Targets move as he improves.