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Kees Baars

3×3 · top 48.0% of 284,439 all-time · competing since December 2016 · 2016BAAR01

Kees Baars has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 23.02, set at Techweek NZ 2017, puts him in the top 48.0% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,008th in New Zealand. Across 2 competitions since December 2016, he has put 29 official solves on the record across four events. His 2×2 best has come down from 11.85 in December 2016 to 6.36, a 46% improvement. Kees has entered two competitions.

3×3
best event — top 48.0% of 284,439 all-time
23.02
signature single · Techweek NZ 2017
29
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingNew Zealand
3×323.0235.52
top 48.0%1,008 / 2,095
2×26.367.35
top 54.6%920 / 1,615
Pyraminx10.2118.47
top 54.7%699 / 1,141
Skewb20.6521.36
top 90.6%626 / 666

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

New Zealand Nationals 2016: 11.85Techweek NZ 2017: 6.366.3611.853 Dec 201613 May 2017

Best single per competition, 2×2. 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-20 3×3 single — 113,584 people have one; it is 3.02 away.
  • A sub-6 2×2 single — 95,042 people have one; it is 0.36 away.

Targets move as he improves.