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Daniel Niemann

3×3 · top 32.1% of 284,439 all-time · competing since August 2004 · 2004NIEM01

Daniel Niemann has been competing for 22 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 17.34, set at German Championship 2005, puts him in the top 32.1% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,577th in Germany. Across 4 competitions since August 2004, he has put 30 official solves on the record across one event. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, an early reading from 5 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 36.33 in August 2004 to 17.34, a 52% improvement. Daniel has entered four competitions, more competitions than 78% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 32.1% of 284,439 all-time
17.34
signature single · German Championship 2005
30
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingGermany
3×317.3420.06
top 32.1%1,577 / 4,109

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

European Rubik's Games Championship 2004: 36.33German Open 2005: 18.11German Championship 2005: 17.34German Open 2006: 17.9517.3436.337 Aug 200421 Apr 2006

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-15 3×3 single — 69,493 people have one; it is 2.34 away.

Targets move as he improves.