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Igor Pfaffenrot

2×2 · top 1.6% of 186,767 all-time · competing since September 2017 · 2017PFAF01

Igor Pfaffenrot has been competing for 9 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.36, set at German Nationals 2019, puts him in the top 1.6% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 75th in Germany. Until November 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 8 competitions since September 2017, he has put 481 official solves on the record across twelve events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, steadier than 52% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 14.27 in September 2017 to 8.06, a 44% improvement. Igor has entered eight competitions, more competitions than 90% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 1.6% of 186,767 all-time
1.36
signature single · German Nationals 2019
481
official solves on the record
13%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 52% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingGermany
2×21.363.89
top 1.6%75 / 2,875
3×38.069.32
top 2.9%159 / 4,109
4×433.1644.02
top 5.1%107 / 1,934
Skewb3.807.14
top 9.6%121 / 1,169
Pyraminx5.318.71
top 15.1%387 / 1,987
5×51:21.021:34.73
top 19.9%206 / 1,158
3×3 one-handed22.6824.82
top 27.9%371 / 1,314
6×62:52.853:12.41
top 37.4%178 / 586
Clock12.7116.77
top 38.3%250 / 634
7×74:38.275:04.48
top 43.9%175 / 510
Megaminx2:05.562:24.41
top 48.9%365 / 787
Square-134.1755.82
top 57.1%306 / 533

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

Monnem City Cubing 2017: 14.27Frankfurt Cube Days 2018: 12.84Schwandorf Open 2018: 11.47Franconia Open 2018: 10.03Munich Open 2018: 10.22Franconia Spring 2019: 8.38German Nationals 2019: 8.31Munich Open 2019: 8.068.0614.2716 Sep 20172 Nov 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.

Next targets

  • A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.36 away.
  • A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.06 away.

Targets move as he improves.