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Nelius van der Merwe

3×3 · top 68.5% of 284,439 all-time · competing since November 2015 · 2015MERW01

Nelius van der Merwe has been competing for 11 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 33.66, set at Johannesburg 2016, puts him in the top 68.5% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,190th in South Africa. Across 2 competitions since November 2015, he has put 10 official solves on the record across one event. His 3×3 best has come down from 46.64 in November 2015 to 33.66, a 28% improvement. Nelius has entered two competitions.

3×3
best event — top 68.5% of 284,439 all-time
33.66
signature single · Johannesburg 2016
10
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingSouth Africa
3×333.6641.48
top 68.5%1,190 / 2,164

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

Johannesburg Open 2015: 46.64Johannesburg 2016: 33.6633.6646.6429 Nov 201527 Nov 2016

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.

Next targets

  • A sub-30 3×3 single — 177,856 people have one; it is 3.66 away.

Targets move as he improves.