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Marcel Kälin

Pyraminx · top 3.9% of 129,321 all-time · competing since March 2014 · 2014KALI01

Marcel Kälin has been competing for 12 years. His best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 3.07, set at Zentralschweiz 2019, puts him in the top 3.9% of the 129,321 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 35th in Switzerland. Until February 2008, no official Pyraminx solve in the world had been that fast. Across 39 competitions since March 2014, he has put 1,204 official solves on the record across twelve events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 16% around a typical one; 89% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 21.69 in March 2014 to 10.76, a 50% improvement. Marcel has entered 39 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.

Pyraminx
best event — top 3.9% of 129,321 all-time
3.07
signature single · Zentralschweiz 2019
1,204
official solves on the record
16%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 89% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingSwitzerland
Pyraminx3.075.72
top 3.9%35 / 655
2×22.543.88
top 9.3%129 / 913
3×310.7612.30
top 9.7%121 / 1,197
4×453.331:04.85
top 28.8%120 / 462
3×3 one-handed24.4028.85
top 32.6%108 / 367
5×52:02.042:11.46
top 50.5%116 / 266
Skewb9.9715.75
top 54.8%239 / 388
Clock19.4422.69
top 63.0%141 / 226
3×3 Fewest Moves51 moves—
early days — 3 solves80 / 97
Megaminx4:05.37—
early days — 3 solves192 / 207
6×66:27.39—
early days — 3 solves128 / 141
7×79:10.12—
early days — 2 solves114 / 118

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

Swiss Open 2014: 21.69Swiss Nationals 2015: 19.36SwissScience Open 2015: 21.88Chottu Skips 2016: 18.17Wiler Würfelfest 2016: 16.39Wiehnachtswürfelä z Bärn 2016: 15.92Swisscubing Cup II 2017: 15.42Wiler Würfelfest 2017: 15.48Swiss Open 2017: 14.66Zurich Open 2017: 12.16Swiss Nationals 2017: 12.11Xlingen Open 2018: 14.66Swisscubing Cup I 2018: 15.75Wiler Würfelfest 2018: 14.62Zentralschweiz 2018: 13.07Swisscubing Cup II 2018: 11.90WCA European Championship 2018: 12.32Swiss Nationals 2018: 13.37Ticino Open 2018: 13.57Swisscubing Cup Final 2018: 14.63Swisscubing Cup I 2019: 11.78D-City Cubing 2019: 13.09Zentralschweiz 2019: 13.64Wiler Würfelfest 2019: 15.46Vorarlberg Open 2019: 11.12Zurich Open 2019: 13.64Swiss Nationals 2019: 12.09LYN Cubing Days 2019: 12.62Swiss Science Open 2019: 13.74Swisscubing Cup V 2019: 12.27Xlingen Open 2019: 11.50Chääswürfel 2022: 10.76Swiss Science Open 2023: 11.4310.7621.8829 Mar 201411 Nov 2023

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-3 Pyraminx single — 4,700 people have one; it is 0.07 away.
  • A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.54 away.

Targets move as he improves.