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Erik Kippus

3×3 · top 2.2% of 284,439 all-time · competing since April 2017 · 2017KIPP01

Erik Kippus has been competing for 9 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 7.66, set at Tartu Open 2019, puts him in the top 2.2% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 9th in Estonia. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 12 competitions since April 2017, he has put 868 official solves on the record across 14 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 69% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 11.52 in April 2017 to 7.66, a 34% improvement. Erik has entered twelve competitions, more competitions than 94% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 2.2% of 284,439 all-time
7.66
signature single · Tartu Open 2019
868
official solves on the record
12%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 69% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingEstonia
3×37.669.08
top 2.2%9 / 308
3×3 one-handed12.9416.95
top 4.3%6 / 115
4×433.7640.13
top 5.6%9 / 124
Pyraminx3.814.75
top 6.8%15 / 186
2×22.343.18
top 7.4%26 / 244
Skewb4.667.39
top 15.6%29 / 126
5×51:15.801:27.95
top 15.9%7 / 59
3×3 blindfolded1:10.806:11.61
top 16.3%4 / 24
Square-116.3620.86
top 19.5%5 / 46
Megaminx1:28.551:40.36
top 27.3%10 / 45
3×3 Fewest Moves37 moves43.33
top 37.3%12 / 35
6×63:13.293:22.18
early days — 3 solves10 / 26
7×76:20.41
early days — 1 solve11 / 19
3×3 Multi-Blind3 of 4 cubes · 22:47
early days — 2 solves7 / 13

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

Riga Open 2017: 11.52Tallinn Open 2017: 11.15Estonian Open 2017: 12.03Tartu Open 2017: 11.82Pärnu Open 2018: 10.49Estonian Open 2018: 8.28Latvian Open 2018: 8.77Tartu Open 2018: 8.07Randvere Cube Day 2019: 8.28Estonian Open 2019: 8.99Tartu Open 2019: 7.66Estonian Open 2020: 8.777.6612.031 Apr 201722 Aug 2020

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-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 1.66 away.
  • A sub-12 3×3 one-handed single — 2,187 people have one; it is 0.94 away.

Targets move as he improves.