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Martin Kraut

3×3 · top 1.4% of 284,439 all-time · competing since September 2010 · 2010KRAU02

Martin Kraut has been competing for 16 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 7.09, set at German Big Cube Open 2015, puts him in the top 1.4% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 81st in Germany. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 31 competitions since September 2010, he has put 1,851 official solves on the record across twelve 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 17.16 in September 2010 to 7.09, a 59% improvement. Martin has entered 31 competitions, more competitions than 98% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 1.4% of 284,439 all-time
7.09
signature single · German Big Cube Open 2015
1,851
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
3×37.098.50
top 1.4%81 / 4,109
4×429.3133.51
top 2.4%50 / 1,934
5×555.151:01.47
top 3.4%34 / 1,158
2×22.163.57
top 5.9%246 / 2,875
Megaminx1:00.781:08.63
top 10.4%70 / 787
Skewb4.286.64
top 12.9%170 / 1,169
3×3 one-handed17.4223.52
top 13.6%176 / 1,314
Pyraminx5.837.93
top 18.7%482 / 1,987
3×3 Fewest Moves32 moves43.67
top 20.4%94 / 338
6×62:24.972:32.38
top 23.1%105 / 586
7×73:57.484:09.07
top 29.7%115 / 510
3×3 blindfolded3:05.93—
top 54.1%162 / 343

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

German Nationals 2010: 17.16Altbier 2011: 11.76GHS Ingenhovenpark Open 2011: 9.88Dutch Open 2011: 8.72German Nationals 2011: 9.68Altbier 2012: 9.41German Open 2012: 10.31Aachen Summer Open 2012: 10.31V-CUBE Spiel 2012: 8.46German Nationals 2012: 9.41Velbert Open 2013: 9.25Erfurt Open 2013: 9.43V-CUBE Spiel 2013: 8.10German Nationals 2013: 8.27Duisburg Winter 2014: 8.57German Open 2014: 8.38Velbert Easter Open 2014: 8.15Erfurt Open 2014: 8.09Rubik's Cube European Championships 2014: 8.20German Nationals 2014: 8.27Schleswig Holstein Open 2014: 7.34Zonhoven Open 2015: 8.06Velbert Open 2015: 7.75German Big Cube Open 2015: 7.09German Nationals 2015: 9.03Cubelonia 2016: 8.30European Rubik's Cube Championship 2016: 7.99German Nationals 2016: 7.72German Big Cube Open 2017: 8.15German Nationals 2017: 8.30German Big Cube Open 2018: 7.697.0917.1611 Sep 20103 Nov 2018

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-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 1.09 away.
  • A sub-25 4×4 single — 588 people have one; it is 4.31 away.

Targets move as he improves.