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Niels Cornelissens

3×3 · top 14.6% of 284,439 all-time · competing since May 2017 · 2017CORN04

Niels Cornelissens has been competing for 9 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 12.19, set at Hoogland Open 2019, puts him in the top 14.6% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 179th in Belgium. Across 6 competitions since May 2017, he has put 63 official solves on the record across three events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one; 80% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 21.30 in May 2017 to 12.19, a 43% improvement. Niels has entered six competitions, more competitions than 86% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 14.6% of 284,439 all-time
12.19
signature single · Hoogland Open 2019
63
official solves on the record
15%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 80% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingBelgium
3×312.1914.62
top 14.6%179 / 1,094
3×3 one-handed33.8836.82
top 55.2%165 / 314
2×27.2510.51
top 62.4%543 / 777

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

Sunmarke Dubai Open 2017: 21.30World Rubik's Cube Championship 2017: 18.86Belgian Easter 2018: 13.96Belgian Summer 2018: 13.80Sharjah Open 2019: 13.30Hoogland Open 2019: 12.1912.1921.3013 May 201716 Aug 2019

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.

  • Olivier Vos — met in 9 rounds, never finished ahead
  • Milan Struyf — met in 9 rounds, never finished ahead
  • Maria Oey — met in 7 rounds, finished ahead 7 times

Next targets

  • A sub-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 0.19 away.
  • A sub-30 3×3 one-handed single — 34,382 people have one; it is 3.88 away.

Targets move as he improves.