People · Netherlands
Niek Ober
2×2 · top 31.3% of 186,767 all-time · competing since April 2018 · 2018OBER02
Niek Ober has been competing for 8 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 4.37, set at Meppel Open 2018, puts him in the top 31.3% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 713th in the Netherlands. Across 6 competitions since April 2018, he has put 64 official solves on the record across five events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 10% around a typical one, an early reading from 6 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 35.32 in April 2018 to 21.81, a 38% improvement. Niek has entered six competitions, more competitions than 86% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Netherlands | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 4.37 | 8.30 | top 31.3% | 713 / 1,665 | |
| Skewb | 8.15 | 10.25 | top 42.4% | 452 / 957 | |
| 3×3 | 21.81 | 26.77 | top 44.9% | 1,186 / 2,294 | |
| 4×4 | 1:18.88 | — | top 55.0% | 533 / 1,000 | |
| Clock | 37.34 | — | early days — 1 solve | 428 / 466 |
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
Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 10 Nov 2018First sub-30 3×3: 22.70 at Meppel Open 2018.
- 28 Apr 2018First competition: Zonhoven Open 2018. A 35.32 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Star Cubing Nijmegen 2019 · 29 Jun 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- Breda Open 2019 · 8 Jun 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Rijswijk Open 2018 · 15 Dec 2018 — 1 personal best set
- Meppel Open 2018 · 10 Nov 2018 — 1 personal best set
- Veenendaal Open 2018 · 23 Jun 2018 — 1 personal best set
- Zonhoven Open 2018 · 28 Apr 2018
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.
- Rodney van den Velden — met in 15 rounds, finished ahead once
- Midas Kiebert — met in 15 rounds, never finished ahead
- Michael Fung — met in 14 rounds, finished ahead twice
Next targets
- A sub-4 2×2 single — 49,452 people have one; it is 0.37 away.
- A sub-8 Skewb single — 30,246 people have one; it is 0.15 away.
Targets move as he improves.