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Nico Kupfer

3×3 · top 10.1% of 284,439 all-time · competing since November 2007 · 2007KUPF01

Nico Kupfer has been competing for 19 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 10.88, set at Barcelona Winter Open 2012, puts him in the top 10.1% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 399th in Spain. Across 18 competitions since November 2007, he has put 731 official solves on the record across ten events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 76% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 26.44 in November 2007 to 10.88, a 59% improvement. Nico has entered 18 competitions, more competitions than 96% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 10.1% of 284,439 all-time
10.88
signature single · Barcelona Winter Open 2012
731
official solves on the record
12%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 76% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingSpain
3×310.8812.70
top 10.1%399 / 5,141
3×3 one-handed16.5919.01
top 11.6%120 / 1,315
Pyraminx5.5811.70
top 16.9%533 / 2,865
2×23.305.40
top 17.8%679 / 3,845
3×3 Fewest Moves34 moves
top 26.7%79 / 282
4×41:01.461:07.07
top 38.0%567 / 1,762
Megaminx1:52.402:09.98
top 41.7%290 / 874
5×51:52.092:11.11
top 44.1%306 / 863
3×3 blindfolded5:52.05
early days — 1 solve229 / 273
Clock42.5647.27
top 94.5%809 / 876

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

Spanish Championship 2007: 26.44Barcelona Open 2008: 19.94Toulouse Summer Open 2008: 18.36European Championship 2008: 17.08Spanish Championship 2008: 15.55Montpellier Open 2009: 15.05French Open 2009: 18.30Barcelona Open 2009: 13.63Lyon Spring Open 2009: 13.38Madrid Open 2009: 13.46Zaragoza Open 2010: 12.33Barcelona Rubik's Summer Open 2010: 12.44European Rubik's Cube Championship 2010: 13.46Madrid Open Rubik 2010: 14.40Spanish Championship 2010: 12.47Spanish Championship 2011: 12.80Barcelona Winter Open 2012: 10.88Lyon Winter Open 2012: 11.6310.8826.4424 Nov 200711 Feb 2012

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-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 0.88 away.
  • A sub-15 3×3 one-handed single — 5,987 people have one; it is 1.59 away.

Targets move as he improves.