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Jan-Niklas Krüger

2×2 · top 17.9% of 186,767 all-time · competing since January 2011 · 2011KRAG01

Jan-Niklas Krüger has been competing for 16 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 3.31, set at Schleswig Holstein Open 2014, puts him in the top 17.9% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 616th in Germany. Across 6 competitions since January 2011, he has put 267 official solves on the record across eight events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 9% around a typical one, steadier than 99% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 18.03 in January 2011 to 14.69, a 19% improvement. He has entered six competitions, more competitions than 86% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 17.9% of 186,767 all-time
3.31
signature single · Schleswig Holstein Open 2014
267
official solves on the record
9%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 99% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingGermany
2×23.315.72
top 17.9%616 / 2,875
3×314.6918.45
top 23.4%1,158 / 4,109
Pyraminx6.529.01
top 24.0%605 / 1,987
4×41:11.941:20.48
top 48.8%930 / 1,934
Megaminx2:05.652:17.61
top 49.0%368 / 787
3×3 one-handed45.2456.72
top 71.8%965 / 1,314
5×52:44.333:14.19
top 72.3%783 / 1,158
6×69:00.13
early days — 1 solve577 / 586

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

Aachen Open 2011: 18.03Aalborg Open 2011: 17.11Hamburg Open 2011: 16.80Schleswig-Holstein Open 2011: 14.69Hamburg Open 2014: 15.93Schleswig Holstein Open 2014: 16.3114.6918.0314 Jan 201127 Dec 2014

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-3 2×2 single — 26,570 people have one; it is 0.31 away.
  • A sub-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 2.69 away.

Targets move as he improves.