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Joost van Engelen

2×2 · top 19.4% of 186,767 all-time · competing since October 2013 · 2013ENGE02

Joost van Engelen has been competing for 13 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 3.44, set at Dutch Nationals 2014, puts him in the top 19.4% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 447th in the Netherlands. Across 6 competitions since October 2013, he has put 118 official solves on the record across five events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 10% around a typical one, steadier than 97% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 24.88 in October 2013 to 14.49, a 42% improvement. Joost has entered six competitions, more competitions than 86% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 19.4% of 186,767 all-time
3.44
signature single · Dutch Nationals 2014
118
official solves on the record
10%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 97% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingNetherlands
2×23.445.60
top 19.4%447 / 1,665
3×314.4917.57
top 22.7%648 / 2,294
4×41:19.101:24.51
top 55.2%536 / 1,000
Pyraminx13.0015.49
top 72.9%1,000 / 1,283
5×53:27.703:54.58
top 85.9%464 / 532

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

Amstelveen Open 2013: 24.88Twente Open 2013: 23.062 AVG competition 2014: 18.78Dutch Nationals 2014: 17.73Dutch Nationals 2015: 14.49Dutch Nationals 2016: 17.0414.4924.8813 Oct 20131 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-3 2×2 single — 26,570 people have one; it is 0.44 away.
  • A sub-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 2.49 away.

Targets move as he improves.