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Karl Burkamp

3×3 · top 25.7% of 284,439 all-time · competing since January 2009 · 2009BURK01

Karl Burkamp has been competing for 18 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 15.38, set at Aachen Open 2011, puts him in the top 25.7% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,264th in Germany. Across 7 competitions since January 2009, he has put 77 official solves on the record across five events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, steadier than 92% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 26.65 in January 2009 to 15.38, a 42% improvement. Karl has entered seven competitions, more competitions than 88% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 25.7% of 284,439 all-time
15.38
signature single · Aachen Open 2011
77
official solves on the record
11%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 92% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingGermany
3×315.3817.66
top 25.7%1,264 / 4,109
3×3 one-handed31.2835.45
top 49.5%638 / 1,314
2×26.5510.12
top 56.4%1,807 / 2,875
4×41:58.06
top 80.8%1,539 / 1,934
3×3 Fewest Moves53 moves
early days — 1 solve302 / 338

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 2009: 26.65German Open 2009: 27.00World Rubik's Cube Championship 2009: 23.06German Nationals 2009: 19.71Aachen Open 2010: 19.50German Nationals 2010: 18.18Aachen Open 2011: 15.3815.3827.0010 Jan 200914 Jan 2011

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 0.38 away.
  • A sub-30 3×3 one-handed single — 34,382 people have one; it is 1.28 away.

Targets move as he improves.