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Lasse Korbanka

3×3 · top 3.0% of 284,439 all-time · competing since October 2009 · 2009KORB02

Lasse Korbanka has been competing for 17 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.11, set at BW Open 2012, puts him in the top 3.0% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 162nd in Germany. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 35 competitions since October 2009, he has put 1,749 official solves on the record across ten events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, steadier than 52% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 15.46 in October 2009 to 8.11, a 48% improvement. Lasse has entered 35 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 3.0% of 284,439 all-time
8.11
signature single · BW Open 2012
1,749
official solves on the record
13%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 52% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingGermany
3×38.1110.97
top 3.0%162 / 4,109
2×22.584.34
top 9.7%365 / 2,875
3×3 one-handed15.8123.02
top 9.8%126 / 1,314
Pyraminx5.289.68
top 14.9%384 / 1,987
5×51:15.841:22.79
top 16.0%159 / 1,158
4×445.2750.84
top 18.6%344 / 1,934
Megaminx1:23.581:30.47
top 24.1%168 / 787
6×62:42.562:52.38
top 32.1%148 / 586
7×74:17.034:58.50
top 36.7%141 / 510
Square-136.1148.20
top 60.0%324 / 533

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

World Rubik's Cube Championship 2009: 15.46German Nationals 2009: 13.91German Open 2010: 13.34Cologne Open 2010: 11.63Düsseldorf Open 2010: 11.53East German Open 2010: 11.38Lemgo Open 2010: 11.00German Nationals 2010: 11.55Munich Open 2010: 10.63Aachen Open 2011: 10.88German Open 2011: 11.34Hamburg Open 2011: 10.18Schleswig-Holstein Open 2011: 11.40Düsseldorf Open 2011: 10.86Austrian Open 2011: 10.25Munich Open 2011: 11.50German Nationals 2011: 8.43Hessen Open 2012: 10.58BW Open 2012: 8.11Munich Open 2012: 9.36German Nationals 2012: 10.65Hessen Open 2013: 9.77BW Open 2013: 10.90Franconia Open 2013: 9.00Munich Open 2013: 10.02German Nationals 2013: 11.02Munich Open 2014: 9.52Franconia Winter 2014: 9.66German Open 2015: 10.41German Nationals 2015: 9.46Munich Open 2015: 9.44German Open 2016: 10.50German Nationals 2016: 9.65Munich Open 2016: 9.098.1115.469 Oct 20095 Nov 2016

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-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.11 away.
  • A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.58 away.

Targets move as he improves.