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Emily Mertens

3×3 · top 71.4% of 284,439 all-time · competing since March 2007 · 2007MERT01

Emily Mertens has been competing for 20 years. Her best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 35.68, set at Ohio Open 2010, puts her in the top 71.4% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 43,321st in the United States. Across 7 competitions since March 2007, she has put 38 official solves on the record across one event. Solve to solve, her 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, an early reading from 7 counted rounds. Her 3×3 best has come down from 1:02.50 in March 2007 to 35.68, a 43% improvement. Emily has entered seven competitions, more competitions than 88% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 71.4% of 284,439 all-time
35.68
signature single · Ohio Open 2010
38
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×335.6851.18
top 71.4%43,321 / 59,724

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

Cornell Spring competition 2007: 1:02.50Cincinnati Spring Open 2008: 58.72Cincinnati Summer Open 2008: 45.75Thankscubing Day 2009: 1:01.53Carnegie Mellon Spring 2010: 47.59Ohio Open 2010: 35.68United States National Championships 2011: 53.8635.681:02.5031 Mar 200712 Aug 2011

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-30 3×3 single — 177,856 people have one; it is 5.68 away.

Targets move as she improves.