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Kai Retzmann

3×3 · top 14.6% of 284,439 all-time · competing since January 2011 · 2011RETZ01

Kai Retzmann has been competing for 16 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 12.21, set at German Open 2012, puts him in the top 14.6% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 725th in Germany. Across 13 competitions since January 2011, he has put 329 official solves on the record across five events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, steadier than 54% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 21.81 in January 2011 to 12.21, a 44% improvement. Kai has entered 13 competitions, more competitions than 94% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 14.6% of 284,439 all-time
12.21
signature single · German Open 2012
329
official solves on the record
13%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 54% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingGermany
3×312.2114.00
top 14.6%725 / 4,109
2×23.716.84
top 22.8%774 / 2,875
4×448.631:00.58
top 22.9%430 / 1,934
5×51:46.912:03.63
top 40.5%422 / 1,158
Pyraminx11.8315.39
top 66.1%1,425 / 1,987

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: 21.81Altbier 2011: 16.58NEMO Amsterdam Open 2011: 12.28V-CUBE Spiel 2011: 14.44Dutch Open 2011: 15.02Spols Open 2011: 14.27German Nationals 2011: 14.27Hessen Open 2012: 12.52Altbier 2012: 12.96German Open 2012: 12.21Aachen Summer Open 2012: 13.36German Nationals 2012: 12.3412.2121.8114 Jan 20113 Nov 2012

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-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 0.21 away.
  • A sub-3 2×2 single — 26,570 people have one; it is 0.71 away.

Targets move as he improves.