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Mert Abanuz

3×3 · top 28.1% of 284,439 all-time · competing since November 2013 · 2013ABAN01

Mert Abanuz has been competing for 13 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 16.11, set at Cubelonia 2016, puts him in the top 28.1% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,379th in Germany. Across 5 competitions since November 2013, he has put 104 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 16% around a typical one, an early reading from 8 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 26.52 in November 2013 to 16.11, a 39% improvement. Mert has entered five competitions, more competitions than 83% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 28.1% of 284,439 all-time
16.11
signature single · Cubelonia 2016
104
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingGermany
3×316.1121.26
top 28.1%1,379 / 4,109
Pyraminx9.8412.96
top 51.7%1,151 / 1,987
2×26.327.56
top 54.2%1,736 / 2,875
3×3 one-handed34.0438.10
top 55.5%727 / 1,314
4×41:42.65
top 72.3%1,376 / 1,934
5×53:44.96
early days — 1 solve1,030 / 1,158

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 2013: 26.52German Nationals 2014: 23.55German Nationals 2015: 20.81Cubelonia 2016: 16.11German Nationals 2016: 16.9416.1126.5223 Nov 20137 Oct 2016

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-15 3×3 single — 69,493 people have one; it is 1.11 away.
  • A sub-8 Pyraminx single — 46,752 people have one; it is 1.84 away.

Targets move as he improves.