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Neil Karpe

3×3 · top 71.5% of 284,439 all-time · competing since August 2006 · 2006KARP01

Neil Karpe has been competing for 20 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 35.73, set at Berkeley Fall competition 2007, puts him in the top 71.5% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 43,374th in the United States. Across 4 competitions since August 2006, he has put 30 official solves on the record across three events. His 3×3 best has come down from 51.11 in August 2006 to 35.73, a 30% improvement. Neil has entered four competitions, more competitions than 78% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 71.5% of 284,439 all-time
35.73
signature single · Berkeley Fall competition 2007
30
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×335.7340.91
top 71.5%43,374 / 59,724
3×3 one-handed1:40.681:58.36
top 96.4%15,037 / 15,683
2×221.9432.80
top 96.7%39,961 / 40,951

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

US Nationals 2006: 51.11UC Berkeley Fall competition 2006: 49.00Caltech Winter competition 2007: 43.43Berkeley Fall competition 2007: 35.7335.7351.114 Aug 200617 Nov 2007

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-30 3×3 single — 177,856 people have one; it is 5.73 away.
  • A sub-1:30 3×3 one-handed single — 69,906 people have one; it is 10.68 away.

Targets move as he improves.