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Lex Plantenga

3×3 · top 40.5% of 284,439 all-time · competing since October 2016 · 2016PLAN01

Lex Plantenga has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 20.21, set at Zuidplas Open 2017, puts him in the top 40.5% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,090th in the Netherlands. Across 3 competitions since October 2016, he has put 34 official solves on the record across four events. His 3×3 best has come down from 24.54 in October 2016 to 20.21, an 18% improvement. Lex has entered three competitions, more competitions than 69% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 40.5% of 284,439 all-time
20.21
signature single · Zuidplas Open 2017
34
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingNetherlands
3×320.2123.51
top 40.5%1,090 / 2,294
2×25.987.51
top 50.7%1,014 / 1,665
4×41:43.912:18.71
top 73.2%720 / 1,000
5×54:21.56
early days — 2 solves514 / 532

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

Dutch Open 2016: 24.54Zuidplas Open 2017: 20.21Dutch Open 2017: 21.6320.2124.5429 Oct 201621 Oct 2017

Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.

The story so far

  • 29 Oct 2016First competition: Dutch Open 2016. A 24.54 3×3 single to start from.

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 0.21 away.
  • A sub-5 2×2 single — 73,413 people have one; it is 0.98 away.

Targets move as he improves.