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Nelson Fretenburg

3×3 · top 21.6% of 284,439 all-time · competing since December 2014 · 2014FRET01

Nelson Fretenburg has been competing for 12 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 14.18, set at Vancouver Open Winter 2016, puts him in the top 21.6% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 2,063rd in Canada. Across 4 competitions since December 2014, he has put 45 official solves on the record across four events. His 3×3 best has come down from 25.30 in December 2014 to 14.18, a 44% improvement. Nelson has entered four competitions, more competitions than 78% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 21.6% of 284,439 all-time
14.18
signature single · Vancouver Open Winter 2016
45
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingCanada
3×314.1818.25
top 21.6%2,063 / 10,392
2×24.556.63
top 33.6%2,308 / 7,173
3×3 one-handed33.4639.28
top 54.3%1,285 / 2,620
Pyraminx15.4017.66
top 83.2%4,179 / 4,858

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

VanCubing Winter 2014: 25.30Vancouver Open Spring 2015: 18.91Vancouver Open Summer 2015: 15.77Vancouver Open Winter 2016: 14.1814.1825.3013 Dec 20146 Feb 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.

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 2.18 away.
  • A sub-4 2×2 single — 49,452 people have one; it is 0.55 away.

Targets move as he improves.