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Michael Kristel

Pyraminx · top 3.6% of 129,321 all-time · competing since June 2012 · 2012KRIS11

Michael Kristel has been competing for 14 years. His best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 2.98, set at Belgium Summer Open 2017, puts him in the top 3.6% of the 129,321 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 83rd in Germany. Until February 2008, no official Pyraminx solve in the world had been that fast. Across 64 competitions since June 2012, he has put 3,865 official solves on the record across 15 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 27.90 in June 2012 to 11.13, a 60% improvement. Michael has entered 64 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.

Pyraminx
best event — top 3.6% of 129,321 all-time
2.98
signature single · Belgium Summer Open 2017
3,865
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
Pyraminx2.985.20
top 3.6%83 / 1,987
2×21.904.65
top 4.1%183 / 2,875
3×3 Fewest Moves27 moves38.67
top 8.0%48 / 338
Clock6.447.81
top 8.9%51 / 634
3×311.1314.85
top 10.9%548 / 4,109
Skewb4.536.47
top 14.7%203 / 1,169
Square-116.1320.15
top 18.9%92 / 533
4×447.5758.35
top 21.6%396 / 1,934
3×3 one-handed23.7627.79
top 30.8%408 / 1,314
Megaminx1:35.591:47.74
top 31.8%227 / 787
5×51:35.461:48.35
top 31.9%330 / 1,158
6×63:13.813:23.00
top 47.6%239 / 586
7×74:50.225:06.04
top 47.8%196 / 510
3×3 blindfolded3:40.32—
top 63.5%198 / 343
3×3 Multi-Blind2 of 3 cubes · 24:28—
top 86.3%114 / 142

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 Summer Open 2012: 27.90V-CUBE Spiel 2012: 29.56German Nationals 2012: 32.43Velbert Open 2013: 28.19Zonhoven Open 2013: 26.16German Open 2013: 29.34Eindhoven Spring 2013: 21.13N8W8 Summer 2013: 23.56V-CUBE Spiel 2013: 24.20Twente Open 2013: 21.41German Nationals 2013: 25.86Duisburg Winter 2014: 20.29Frankfurt Cube Days 2014: 21.94Minx Open 2014: 20.72Hessen Open 2014: 21.16Zonhoven Open 2014: 19.77De Wilg Open 2014: 20.03Velbert Easter Open 2014: 19.03Belgian Summer 2014: 23.46N8W8 Summer 2014: 17.94Rubik's Cube European Championships 2014: 16.80German Nationals 2014: 18.40Sébra Open 2014: 17.75Hasselt Open 2014: 19.84Eat Sleep Cube Repeat 2014: 18.79Frankfurt Cube Days 2015: 16.92Hessen Open 2015: 21.32Zonhoven Open 2015: 15.21German Open 2015: 17.76Velbert Open 2015: 17.08N8W8 Summer 2015: 16.38German Big Cube Open 2015: 16.00German Nationals 2015: 17.06Hasselt Open 2015: 16.41Sébra Open 2015: 16.55Cubelonia 2016: 15.84Frankfurt Cube Days 2016: 15.61Zonhoven Open 2016: 17.93German Open 2016: 15.02Hessen Open 2016: 15.46European Rubik's Cube Championship 2016: 15.99Zeeland Open 2016: 16.36N8W8 Summer 2016: 16.46Breda Open 2016: 12.37German Nationals 2016: 16.84Sébra Open 2016: 16.10PSKubing 2016: 15.26Cubelonia 2017: 15.42Belgian Winter 2017: 13.45French Championship 2017: 17.01German Open 2017: 14.88Belgium Summer Open 2017: 16.93Hessen Open 2017: 15.45Breda Open 2017: 15.39German Big Cube Open 2017: 15.63World Rubik's Cube Championship 2017: 14.20German Nationals 2017: 11.13German Open 2018: 14.76Zonhoven Open 2018: 14.42Cologne Open 2018: 14.48Zonhoven Autumn Open 2018: 13.99German Big Cube Open 2018: 11.8511.1332.4323 Jun 20123 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-2 Pyraminx single — 1,476 people have one; it is 0.98 away.
  • A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.90 away.

Targets move as he improves.