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Daniel Franzen

3×3 · top 42.9% of 284,439 all-time · competing since January 2009 · 2009FRAN01

Daniel Franzen has been competing for 18 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 21.05, set at Aachen Summer Open 2012, puts him in the top 42.9% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 2,035th in Germany. Across 5 competitions since January 2009, he has put 93 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 19% around a typical one, an early reading from 6 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 29.44 in January 2009 to 21.05, a 28% improvement. Daniel has entered five competitions, more competitions than 83% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 42.9% of 284,439 all-time
21.05
signature single · Aachen Summer Open 2012
93
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingGermany
3×321.0524.23
top 42.9%2,035 / 4,109
Pyraminx9.3816.36
top 48.0%1,084 / 1,987
3×3 one-handed49.3656.79
top 76.2%1,042 / 1,314
4×42:05.282:17.34
top 84.0%1,600 / 1,934
2×214.2820.85
top 89.3%2,685 / 2,875
Megaminx4:55.81
top 96.1%745 / 787

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

Aachen Open 2009: 29.44Aachen Open 2010: 32.72Alania Open 2011: 21.91Aachen Summer Open 2012: 21.05Edinburgh Open 2013: 22.0621.0532.7210 Jan 200926 Jan 2013

Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.

The story so far

  • 10 Jan 2009First competition: Aachen Open 2009. A 29.44 3×3 single to start from.

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-20 3×3 single — 113,584 people have one; it is 1.05 away.
  • A sub-8 Pyraminx single — 46,752 people have one; it is 1.38 away.

Targets move as he improves.