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Jaap Scherphuis

3×3 · top 46.2% of 284,439 all-time · competing since August 2003 · 2003SCHE01

Jaap Scherphuis has been competing for 23 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 22.28, set at Dutch Open 2011, puts him in the top 46.2% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,207th in the Netherlands. Across 44 competitions since August 2003, he has put 229 official solves on the record across four events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 75% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 37.61 in April 2004 to 22.28, a 41% improvement. Jaap has entered 44 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 46.2% of 284,439 all-time
22.28
signature single · Dutch Open 2011
229
official solves on the record
14%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 75% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingNetherlands
3×322.2834.61
top 46.2%1,207 / 2,294
Clock31.39—
early days — 2 solves394 / 466
Pyraminx31.20—
early days — 1 solve1,274 / 1,283
Square-13:02.50—
early days — 1 solve404 / 407

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 2004: 37.61European Rubik's Games Championship 2004: 36.93Dutch Open 2004: 34.82German Open 2005: 35.88Dutch Open 2005: 34.15Dutch Championship 2005: 31.32Rubik's World Championship 2005: 34.90German Open 2006: 31.53Belgian Open 2006: 31.50Czech Open 2006: 31.00European Rubik's Cube Championship 2006: 33.98Dutch Open 2006: 25.41Dutch Championship 2006: 38.24UK Open 2006: 41.46Belgian Open 2007: 34.77German Open 2007: 26.65World Rubik's Cube Championship 2007: 29.59Dutch Open 2007: 32.59Dutch Championship 2007: 33.69Benelux Open 2008: 33.75German Open 2008: 32.52Dutch Masters 2008: 33.28Dutch Open 2008: 27.34Dutch Nationals 2008: 33.30Benelux Open 2009: 29.43German Open 2009: 30.66World Rubik's Cube Championship 2009: 35.30Dutch Open 2009: 29.71Benelux Open 2010: 30.69German Open 2010: 30.46Dutch Open 2010: 33.22Dutch Nationals 2010: 31.94NEMO Amsterdam Open 2011: 33.77German Open 2011: 36.27Dutch Open 2011: 22.28NEMO Amsterdam Open 2012: 27.80Dutch Open 2012: 32.30German Open 2013: 31.63Dutch Open 2013: 34.31Dutch Open 2014: 31.46Dutch Open 2015: 36.46Dutch Open 2016: 36.0822.2841.4624 Apr 200429 Oct 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-20 3×3 single — 113,584 people have one; it is 2.28 away.
  • A sub-30 Clock single — 27,009 people have one; it is 1.39 away.

Targets move as he improves.