People · Germany
Niklas Schäfer
3×3 · top 31.1% of 284,439 all-time · competing since October 2012 · 2012SCHA03
Niklas Schäfer has been competing for 14 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 17.03, set at V-CUBE Spiel 2012, puts him in the top 31.1% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,519th in Germany. Across 2 competitions since October 2012, he has put 48 official solves on the record across seven events. Niklas has entered two competitions.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Germany | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 17.03 | 18.85 | top 31.1% | 1,519 / 4,109 | |
| 2×2 | 4.75 | 6.40 | top 36.1% | 1,174 / 2,875 | |
| 4×4 | 1:10.09 | 1:29.81 | top 47.0% | 896 / 1,934 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 30.36 | 39.82 | top 47.4% | 607 / 1,314 | |
| 5×5 | 2:31.81 | 2:54.28 | top 66.6% | 718 / 1,158 | |
| Pyraminx | 13.97 | 40.36 | top 77.7% | 1,636 / 1,987 | |
| 6×6 | 5:12.84 | 5:22.32 | early days — 3 solves | 465 / 586 |
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
- 20 Oct 2012First competition: V-CUBE Spiel 2012. A 17.03 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- German Nationals 2012 · 3 Nov 2012 — 1 personal best set
- V-CUBE Spiel 2012 · 20 Oct 2012
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.
- Sébastien Auroux — met in 13 rounds, never finished ahead
- Jan Bentlage — met in 13 rounds, never finished ahead
- Björn Korbanka — met in 12 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-15 3×3 single — 69,493 people have one; it is 2.03 away.
- A sub-4 2×2 single — 49,452 people have one; it is 0.75 away.
Targets move as he improves.