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Joost Franssen

3×3 · top 36.0% of 284,439 all-time · competing since November 2010 · 2010FRAN06

Joost Franssen has been competing for 16 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 18.63, set at Zonhoven Open 2013, puts him in the top 36.0% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 982nd in the Netherlands. Across 4 competitions since November 2010, he has put 107 official solves on the record across eight events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, an early reading from 8 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 29.72 in November 2010 to 18.63, a 37% improvement. Joost has entered four competitions, more competitions than 78% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 36.0% of 284,439 all-time
18.63
signature single · Zonhoven Open 2013
107
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingNetherlands
3×318.6320.56
top 36.0%982 / 2,294
2×25.536.82
top 45.7%929 / 1,665
4×41:27.651:37.25
top 61.9%601 / 1,000
5×52:43.53
top 72.0%380 / 532
3×3 one-handed50.461:02.69
top 77.1%548 / 726
Pyraminx14.5219.84
top 80.0%1,083 / 1,283
7×78:29.30
early days — 1 solve160 / 169
6×66:55.97
early days — 1 solve202 / 205

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

Dutch Nationals 2010: 29.72NEMO Amsterdam Open 2011: 23.83Amstelveen Open 2012: 20.18Zonhoven Open 2013: 18.6318.6329.7213 Nov 20102 Mar 2013

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-15 3×3 single — 69,493 people have one; it is 3.63 away.
  • A sub-5 2×2 single — 73,413 people have one; it is 0.53 away.

Targets move as he improves.