People · Germany
Kai Paetow
3×3 · top 49.4% of 284,439 all-time · competing since November 2019 · 2019PAET01
Kai Paetow has been competing for 7 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 23.62, set at Franconia Mini Open A 2022, puts him in the top 49.4% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 2,317th in Germany. Across 9 competitions since November 2019, he has put 118 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, an early reading from 9 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 33.83 in November 2019 to 23.62, a 30% improvement. Kai has entered nine competitions, more competitions than 91% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Germany | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 23.62 | 27.97 | top 49.4% | 2,317 / 4,109 | |
| 4×4 | 1:30.06 | 1:40.37 | top 63.6% | 1,213 / 1,934 | |
| 2×2 | 7.95 | 9.90 | top 67.5% | 2,127 / 2,875 | |
| 5×5 | 2:57.67 | — | top 77.3% | 849 / 1,158 | |
| 6×6 | 5:34.45 | — | top 87.5% | 485 / 586 | |
| 7×7 | 9:33.31 | — | early days — 2 solves | 470 / 510 |
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
Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 29 Feb 2020Three personal bests in one day at Hamburg International 2020.
- 18 Jan 2020First sub-30 3×3: 27.28 at Berlin Winter Cubing 2020.
- 30 Nov 2019First competition: Bremium Winter 2019. A 33.83 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Aasee Algorithms 2023 · 3 Jun 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Bremium Cubing 2023 · 7 Apr 2023
- Rahn Education Leipzig 2023 · 1 Apr 2023 — 1 personal best set
- German Nationals 2022 · 19 Aug 2022 — 2 personal bests set
- Franconia Mini Open A 2022 · 11 Jun 2022 — 2 personal bests set
- Hamburg International 2020 · 29 Feb 2020 — 3 personal bests set
- Frankfurt Cube Days 2020 · 22 Feb 2020 — 1 personal best set
- Berlin Winter Cubing 2020 · 18 Jan 2020 — 2 personal bests set
- Bremium Winter 2019 · 30 Nov 2019
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.
- Sébastien Auroux — met in 31 rounds, never finished ahead
- Henri Gerber — met in 30 rounds, never finished ahead
- Malte Ihlefeld — met in 30 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-20 3×3 single — 113,584 people have one; it is 3.62 away.
- A sub-1:30 4×4 single — 53,325 people have one; it is 0.06 away.
Targets move as he improves.