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Gereon Kahrau

3×3 · top 8.1% of 284,439 all-time · competing since April 2009 · 2009KAHR01

Gereon Kahrau has been competing for 17 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 10.22, set at German Open 2016, puts him in the top 8.1% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 414th in Germany. Until May 2007, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 9 competitions since April 2009, he has put 164 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, steadier than 54% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. That figure sets aside his 5 DNFs. His 3×3 best has come down from 35.38 in April 2009 to 10.22, a 71% improvement. Gereon has entered nine competitions, more competitions than 91% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 8.1% of 284,439 all-time
10.22
signature single · German Open 2016
164
official solves on the record
13%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 54% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingGermany
3×310.2211.94
top 8.1%414 / 4,109
2×23.844.81
top 24.4%830 / 2,875
4×450.5258.59
top 25.4%485 / 1,934
Megaminx2:48.803:11.76
top 69.7%518 / 787
5×52:41.363:01.03
top 71.0%770 / 1,158
3×3 one-handed48.5055.13
top 75.4%1,030 / 1,314

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

German Open 2009: 35.38Finnish Open 2009: 18.59Essen Open 2009: 18.02German Nationals 2009: 15.53German Open 2010: 14.77Lemgo Open 2010: 11.41German Nationals 2010: 11.78German Open 2011: 12.34German Open 2016: 10.2210.2235.3825 Apr 20099 Apr 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-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 0.22 away.
  • A sub-3 2×2 single — 26,570 people have one; it is 0.84 away.

Targets move as he improves.