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Derek Friederichs

3×3 · top 31.7% of 284,439 all-time · competing since August 2013 · 2013FRIE02

Derek Friederichs has been competing for 13 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 17.23, set at Dixon Winter 2016, puts him in the top 31.7% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 17,526th in the United States. Across 6 competitions since August 2013, he has put 41 official solves on the record across two events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one, an early reading from 6 counted rounds. That figure sets aside his 4 DNFs. His 3×3 best has come down from 22.00 in August 2013 to 17.23, a 22% improvement. Derek has entered six competitions, more competitions than 86% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 31.7% of 284,439 all-time
17.23
signature single · Dixon Winter 2016
41
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×317.2319.41
top 31.7%17,526 / 59,724
2×27.0912.33
top 61.2%25,124 / 40,951

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

Bay Area Speedcubin' Summer 2013: 22.00Antelope Valley Fall 2013: 24.31Caltech Fall Open 2013: 24.33San Diego Summer Splash 2014: 23.59SoCal Supercomp 2015: 18.13Dixon Winter 2016: 17.2317.2324.3324 Aug 20136 Feb 2016

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 2.23 away.
  • A sub-6 2×2 single — 95,042 people have one; it is 1.09 away.

Targets move as he improves.