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Niel Theron

3×3 · top 75.5% of 284,439 all-time · competing since November 2014 · 2014THER03

Niel Theron has been competing for 12 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 38.86, set at Cape Town 2015, puts him in the top 75.5% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,389th in South Africa. Across 2 competitions since November 2014, he has put 20 official solves on the record across two events. Niel has entered two competitions.

3×3
best event — top 75.5% of 284,439 all-time
38.86
signature single · Cape Town 2015
20
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingSouth Africa
3×338.8644.76
top 75.5%1,389 / 2,164
2×216.1522.58
top 92.1%1,307 / 1,510

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

Cape Town 2014: 38.97Cape Town 2015: 38.8638.8638.9730 Nov 201419 Apr 2015

Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.

The story so far

  • 30 Nov 2014First competition: Cape Town 2014. A 42.97 3×3 single to start from.

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 8.86 away.
  • A sub-15 2×2 single — 169,048 people have one; it is 1.15 away.

Targets move as he improves.