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Jan Appelgans

3×3 · top 26.6% of 284,439 all-time · competing since May 2016 · 2016APPE01

Jan Appelgans has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 15.65, set at Hessen Open 2016, puts him in the top 26.6% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,315th in Germany. Across 1 competition since May 2016, he has put 25 official solves on the record across four events.

3×3
best event — top 26.6% of 284,439 all-time
15.65
signature single · Hessen Open 2016
25
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingGermany
3×315.6519.96
top 26.6%1,315 / 4,109
2×25.406.24
top 44.2%1,436 / 2,875
4×41:18.021:22.38
top 54.3%1,045 / 1,934
Pyraminx11.0812.58
top 61.1%1,327 / 1,987

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 story so far

  • 7 May 2016First competition: Hessen Open 2016. A 15.65 3×3 single to start from.

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.

  • Lui Szymanski — met in 5 rounds, finished ahead 5 times
  • Anonymous — met in 5 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
  • Michael Olm — met in 5 rounds, finished ahead 4 times

Next targets

  • A sub-15 3×3 single — 69,493 people have one; it is 0.65 away.
  • A sub-5 2×2 single — 73,413 people have one; it is 0.40 away.

Targets move as he improves.