People · Netherlands
Marcel Poots
3×3 · top 31.8% of 284,439 all-time · competing since September 2012 · 2012POOT01
Marcel Poots has been competing for 14 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 17.25, set at Dutch Nationals 2014, puts him in the top 31.8% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 879th in the Netherlands. Across 14 competitions since September 2012, he has put 250 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 10% around a typical one, steadier than 94% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 34.09 in September 2012 to 17.25, a 49% improvement. Marcel has entered 14 competitions, more competitions than 95% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Netherlands | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 17.25 | 19.80 | top 31.8% | 879 / 2,294 | |
| Pyraminx | 8.84 | 16.35 | top 43.4% | 685 / 1,283 | |
| 2×2 | 7.02 | 9.54 | top 60.6% | 1,156 / 1,665 | |
| 4×4 | 1:34.72 | 1:45.34 | top 67.0% | 661 / 1,000 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 1:03.58 | — | top 85.9% | 621 / 726 | |
| 5×5 | 4:18.59 | — | top 93.8% | 511 / 532 | |
| Skewb | 34.05 | — | early days — 3 solves | 941 / 957 |
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
Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 28 Sep 2014First sub-20 3×3: 17.25 at Dutch Nationals 2014.
- 28 Sep 2014Five personal bests in one day at Dutch Nationals 2014.
- 1 Apr 2013First sub-30 3×3: 29.38 at 1 AVG competition 2013.
- 22 Sep 2012First competition: Amstelveen Open 2012. A 34.09 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Dutch Nationals 2016 · 1 Oct 2016
- West Friesche Open 2016 · 26 Jun 2016 — 2 personal bests set
- King's Open 2016 · 21 May 2016
- Dutch Open 2015 · 17 Oct 2015 — 1 personal best set
- Dutch Nationals 2015 · 27 Sep 2015 — 2 personal bests set
- Eat Sleep Cube Repeat 2014 · 21 Nov 2014
- Dutch Open 2014 · 25 Oct 2014
- Dutch Nationals 2014 · 28 Sep 2014 — 5 personal bests set
- 2 AVG competition 2014 · 2 Feb 2014 — 1 personal best set
- Hasselt Open 2013 · 2 Nov 2013 — 1 personal best set
- Amstelveen Open 2013 · 13 Oct 2013 — 2 personal bests set
- Eindhoven Spring 2013 · 1 Jun 2013 — 2 personal bests set
- 1 AVG competition 2013 · 1 Apr 2013 — 1 personal best set
- Amstelveen Open 2012 · 22 Sep 2012
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.
- Antonie Paterakis — met in 58 rounds, never finished ahead
- Reinier Schippers — met in 57 rounds, never finished ahead
- Ron van Bruchem — met in 50 rounds, finished ahead once
Next targets
- A sub-15 3×3 single — 69,493 people have one; it is 2.25 away.
- A sub-8 Pyraminx single — 46,752 people have one; it is 0.84 away.
Targets move as he improves.