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Manuel Nobis

4×4 · top 8.0% of 83,917 all-time · competing since February 2012 · 2012NOBI01

Manuel Nobis has been competing for 15 years. His best event is the 4×4: a personal-best single of 36.34, set at Hessen Open 2014, puts him in the top 8.0% of the 83,917 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 156th in Germany. Until July 2010, no official 4×4 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 4 competitions since February 2012, he has put 236 official solves on the record across eight events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 9% around a typical one, steadier than 99% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 13.90 in February 2012 to 10.46, a 25% improvement. Manuel has entered four competitions, more competitions than 78% of everyone who has ever competed.

4×4
best event — top 8.0% of 83,917 all-time
36.34
signature single · Hessen Open 2014
236
official solves on the record
9%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 99% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingGermany
4×436.3441.22
top 8.0%156 / 1,934
3×310.4611.60
top 8.8%455 / 4,109
Pyraminx4.406.59
top 9.7%247 / 1,987
2×22.624.37
top 10.1%376 / 2,875
5×51:18.171:25.58
top 17.7%183 / 1,158
7×74:15.214:34.78
top 36.2%138 / 510
Skewb7.438.67
top 37.0%505 / 1,169
6×62:54.883:00.04
top 38.5%184 / 586

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

Hessen Open 2012: 13.90Frankfurt Cube Days 2012: 12.16Frankfurt Cube Days 2014: 11.15Hessen Open 2014: 10.4610.4613.904 Feb 201215 Mar 2014

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-30 4×4 single — 2,388 people have one; it is 6.34 away.
  • A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 0.46 away.

Targets move as he improves.