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Mihkel Ilves

3×3 · top 21.6% of 284,439 all-time · competing since September 2015 · 2015ILVE01

Mihkel Ilves has been competing for 11 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 14.17, set at Estonian Open 2016, puts him in the top 21.6% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 61st in Estonia. Across 8 competitions since September 2015, he has put 168 official solves on the record across eight events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, steadier than 57% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 19.86 in September 2015 to 14.17, a 29% improvement. Mihkel has entered eight competitions, more competitions than 90% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 21.6% of 284,439 all-time
14.17
signature single · Estonian Open 2016
168
official solves on the record
13%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 57% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingEstonia
3×314.1718.19
top 21.6%61 / 308
4×449.8453.99
top 24.5%25 / 124
2×23.915.77
top 25.3%79 / 244
3×3 Fewest Moves38 moves
early days — 1 solve13 / 35
Pyraminx10.0015.05
top 53.0%116 / 186
5×52:10.302:21.81
top 55.6%31 / 59
3×3 one-handed39.6947.87
top 64.9%71 / 115
6×65:55.546:43.36
early days — 3 solves22 / 26

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

Estonian Open 2015: 19.86Tallinn Open 2016: 17.84Estonian Open 2016: 14.17Tartu Open 2016: 17.11Tallinn Open 2017: 15.52Tartu Open 2017: 17.3414.1719.865 Sep 20159 Dec 2017

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 2.17 away.
  • A sub-40 4×4 single — 10,180 people have one; it is 9.84 away.

Targets move as he improves.