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Kristaps Kārkliņš

3×3 · top 30.8% of 284,439 all-time · competing since November 2017 · 2017KARK02

Kristaps Kārkliņš has been competing for 9 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 16.93, set at Riga Open 2018, puts him in the top 30.8% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 86th in Latvia. Across 4 competitions since November 2017, he has put 48 official solves on the record across five events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, an early reading from 5 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 37.20 in November 2017 to 16.93, a 54% improvement. Kristaps has entered four competitions, more competitions than 78% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 30.8% of 284,439 all-time
16.93
signature single · Riga Open 2018
48
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingLatvia
3×316.9320.03
top 30.8%86 / 309
Pyraminx7.899.87
top 35.3%71 / 185
2×25.606.12
top 46.5%106 / 237
4×41:24.38
early days — 2 solves63 / 112
3×3 one-handed53.77
early days — 2 solves75 / 113

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

Latvian Open 2017: 37.20Tartu Open 2017: 25.81Riga Special 2018: 17.37Riga Open 2018: 16.9316.9337.204 Nov 201728 Apr 2018

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 1.93 away.
  • A sub-6 Pyraminx single — 25,870 people have one; it is 1.89 away.

Targets move as he improves.