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Michael Hettenbach

3×3 · top 59.9% of 284,439 all-time · competing since January 2010 · 2010HETT01

Michael Hettenbach has been competing for 17 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 28.56, set at Hessen Open 2012, puts him in the top 59.9% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 2,721st in Germany. Across 4 competitions since January 2010, he has put 20 official solves on the record across one event. His 3×3 best has come down from 45.36 in January 2010 to 28.56, a 37% improvement. Michael has entered four competitions, more competitions than 78% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 59.9% of 284,439 all-time
28.56
signature single · Hessen Open 2012
20
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingGermany
3×328.5634.82
top 59.9%2,721 / 4,109

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

Aachen Open 2010: 45.36Aachen Open 2011: 37.36German Open 2011: 44.02Hessen Open 2012: 28.5628.5645.3616 Jan 20104 Feb 2012

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-25 3×3 single — 149,621 people have one; it is 3.56 away.

Targets move as he improves.