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Dániel Kovács

3×3 · top 21.2% of 284,439 all-time · competing since October 2007 · 2007KOVA01

Dániel Kovács has been competing for 19 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 14.08, set at Mammut Open 2009, puts him in the top 21.2% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 316th in Hungary. Across 5 competitions since October 2007, he has put 99 official solves on the record across five events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 10% around a typical one, an early reading from 9 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 19.55 in October 2007 to 14.08, a 28% improvement. He has entered five competitions, more competitions than 83% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 21.2% of 284,439 all-time
14.08
signature single · Mammut Open 2009
99
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingHungary
3×314.0817.70
top 21.2%316 / 1,226
3×3 one-handed21.5928.11
top 24.8%131 / 445
2×25.917.70
top 50.0%519 / 919
4×41:18.02
top 54.3%287 / 509
Square-11:51.65
early days — 1 solve161 / 167

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

World Rubik's Cube Championship 2007: 19.55German Open 2008: 17.83Hungarian Open 2008: 17.30Galanta Open 2009: 15.65Mammut Open 2009: 14.0814.0819.555 Oct 200717 Jun 2009

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 2.08 away.
  • A sub-20 3×3 one-handed single — 15,081 people have one; it is 1.59 away.

Targets move as he improves.