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Erin Niesen

3×3 · top 35.8% of 284,439 all-time · competing since June 2019 · 2019NIES01

Erin Niesen has been competing for 7 years. Their best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 18.56, set at Lake Country Fall 2019, puts them in the top 35.8% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 20,077th in the United States. Across 6 competitions since June 2019, they have put 93 official solves on the record across eight events. Solve to solve, their 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, an early reading from 8 counted rounds. Their 3×3 best has come down from 25.08 in June 2019 to 18.56, a 26% improvement. Erin has entered six competitions, more competitions than 86% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 35.8% of 284,439 all-time
18.56
signature single · Lake Country Fall 2019
93
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×318.5621.32
top 35.8%20,077 / 59,724
Pyraminx8.8113.02
top 43.2%12,365 / 28,708
2×25.376.34
top 43.9%17,689 / 40,951
4×41:33.74
top 66.4%11,722 / 19,072
Skewb19.5026.32
top 88.9%17,112 / 18,907
5×54:21.32
early days — 3 solves8,941 / 9,401
3×3 one-handed1:30.45
early days — 1 solve14,729 / 15,683
3×3 Fewest Moves64 moves
early days — 1 solve1,977 / 2,040

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

Chicago Area Twist Spring 2019: 25.08Madison Summer 2019: 27.09Lake Country Fall 2019: 18.56Albany Fall 2019: 22.81Wiscube 2019: 22.98Minnesota Cube Melt 2022: 19.3118.5627.0916 Jun 20199 Apr 2022

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 their.

Next targets

  • A sub-15 3×3 single — 69,493 people have one; it is 3.56 away.
  • A sub-8 Pyraminx single — 46,752 people have one; it is 0.81 away.

Targets move as they improves.