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Michel Hop

3×3 · top 21.6% of 284,439 all-time · competing since September 2006 · 2006HOPM01

Michel Hop has been competing for 20 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 14.19, set at Benelux Open 2009, puts him in the top 21.6% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 631st in the Netherlands. Across 14 competitions since September 2006, he has put 123 official solves on the record across one event. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, steadier than 60% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 50.46 in September 2006 to 14.19, a 72% improvement. Michel has entered 14 competitions, more competitions than 95% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 21.6% of 284,439 all-time
14.19
signature single · Benelux Open 2009
123
official solves on the record
13%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 60% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingNetherlands
3×314.1917.66
top 21.6%631 / 2,294

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

European Rubik's Cube Championship 2006: 50.46Dutch Open 2006: 33.87Belgian Open 2007: 27.88German Open 2007: 26.72World Rubik's Cube Championship 2007: 21.34Dutch Open 2007: 18.31Dutch Championship 2007: 21.65Benelux Open 2008: 18.85German Open 2008: 18.72Dutch Masters 2008: 16.96Dutch Open 2008: 15.08Dutch Nationals 2008: 15.58Benelux Open 2009: 14.19Dutch Nationals 2009: 17.2814.1950.4623 Sep 200614 Nov 2009

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-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 2.19 away.

Targets move as he improves.