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Hugo Helmuth

3×3 · top 48.5% of 284,439 all-time · competing since February 2016 · 2016HELM01

Hugo Helmuth has been competing for 11 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 23.25, set at Vancouver Select 2018, puts him in the top 48.5% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 4,975th in Canada. Across 4 competitions since February 2016, he has put 40 official solves on the record across three events. His 3×3 best has come down from 29.03 in February 2016 to 23.25, a 20% improvement. Hugo has entered four competitions, more competitions than 78% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 48.5% of 284,439 all-time
23.25
signature single · Vancouver Select 2018
40
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingCanada
3×323.2526.52
top 48.5%4,975 / 10,392
2×27.4510.90
top 63.9%4,669 / 7,173
3×3 one-handed1:38.36
early days — 2 solves2,479 / 2,620

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

Vancouver Open Winter 2016: 29.03Whistler Open 2017: 24.50Vancouver Select 2018: 23.25Downtown Vancouver Summer 2019: 25.3023.2529.036 Feb 201629 Jun 2019

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.

  • Ethan Rusnak — met in 10 rounds, never finished ahead
  • Kenny Zhong — met in 10 rounds, never finished ahead
  • Chin Lam — met in 9 rounds, finished ahead once

Next targets

  • A sub-20 3×3 single — 113,584 people have one; it is 3.25 away.
  • A sub-6 2×2 single — 95,042 people have one; it is 1.45 away.

Targets move as he improves.