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Jan Karsten

Pyraminx · top 39.7% of 129,321 all-time · competing since April 2018 · 2018KARS01

Jan Karsten has been competing for 8 years. His best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 8.40, set at Speedcubes Cape Town 2019, puts him in the top 39.7% of the 129,321 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 303rd in South Africa. Across 2 competitions since April 2018, he has put 10 official solves on the record across one event. His Pyraminx best has come down from 23.31 in April 2018 to 8.40, a 64% improvement. Jan has entered two competitions.

Pyraminx
best event — top 39.7% of 129,321 all-time
8.40
signature single · Speedcubes Cape Town 2019
10
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingSouth Africa
Pyraminx8.4011.66
top 39.7%303 / 946

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

Speedcubes Cape Town 2018: 23.31Speedcubes Cape Town 2019: 8.408.4023.319 Apr 201820 Jan 2019

Best single per competition, Pyraminx. 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.

Next targets

  • A sub-8 Pyraminx single — 46,752 people have one; it is 0.40 away.

Targets move as he improves.