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Elke van der Walt

3×3 · top 52.1% of 284,439 all-time · competing since November 2014 · 2014WALT04

Elke van der Walt has been competing for 12 years. Her best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 24.77, set at Pops Winter 2015, puts her in the top 52.1% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 790th in South Africa. Across 2 competitions since November 2014, she has put 32 official solves on the record across four events. Her 3×3 best has come down from 34.03 in November 2014 to 24.77, a 27% improvement. Elke has entered two competitions.

3×3
best event — top 52.1% of 284,439 all-time
24.77
signature single · Pops Winter 2015
32
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingSouth Africa
3×324.7727.68
top 52.1%790 / 2,164
2×29.0018.86
top 73.5%879 / 1,510
Pyraminx22.8333.39
top 95.6%886 / 946
3×3 one-handed1:35.662:07.50
top 95.7%411 / 467

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

Johannesburg 2014: 34.03Pops Winter 2015: 24.7724.7734.0323 Nov 201429 Aug 2015

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 her.

Next targets

  • A sub-20 3×3 single — 113,584 people have one; it is 4.77 away.
  • A sub-8 2×2 single — 126,624 people have one; it is 1.00 away.

Targets move as she improves.