People · South Africa
Michiel Xavier van Niekerk
3×3 · top 83.8% of 284,439 all-time · competing since January 2019 · 2019NIEK01
Michiel Xavier van Niekerk has been competing for 8 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 47.05, set at Gauteng Summer 2019, puts him in the top 83.8% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,653rd in South Africa. Across 1 competition since January 2019, he has put 15 official solves on the record across three events.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | South Africa | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 47.05 | 58.98 | top 83.8% | 1,653 / 2,164 | |
| Pyraminx | 15.87 | 26.62 | top 84.7% | 766 / 946 | |
| 2×2 | 14.25 | 16.84 | top 89.3% | 1,246 / 1,510 |
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 story so far
- 5 Jan 2019First competition: Gauteng Summer 2019. A 47.05 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Gauteng Summer 2019 · 5 Jan 2019
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.
- Danie Viljoen — met in 3 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
- Yusuf Akoojee — met in 3 rounds, finished ahead once
- Damian Jansen — met in 3 rounds, finished ahead once
Next targets
- A sub-40 3×3 single — 218,634 people have one; it is 7.05 away.
- A sub-15 Pyraminx single — 105,805 people have one; it is 0.87 away.
Targets move as he improves.