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Niklas Spies

Pyraminx · top 2.8% of 129,321 all-time · competing since September 2009 · 2009SPIE01

Niklas Spies has been competing for 17 years. His best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 2.72, set at Eindhoven Open 2012, puts him in the top 2.8% of the 129,321 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 56th in Germany. Until October 2010, no official Pyraminx solve in the world had been that fast. Across 40 competitions since September 2009, he has put 2,151 official solves on the record across 14 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, steadier than 85% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 23.27 in September 2009 to 10.19, a 56% improvement. Niklas has entered 40 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.

Pyraminx
best event — top 2.8% of 129,321 all-time
2.72
signature single · Eindhoven Open 2012
2,151
official solves on the record
11%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 85% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingGermany
Pyraminx2.724.71
top 2.8%56 / 1,987
2×21.933.65
top 4.3%187 / 2,875
3×310.1911.86
top 8.0%405 / 4,109
3×3 one-handed17.7822.93
top 14.5%187 / 1,314
4×447.8354.93
top 21.9%407 / 1,934
Clock9.4610.49
top 22.3%141 / 634
3×3 Fewest Moves35 moves—
top 30.0%114 / 338
5×51:35.081:44.89
top 31.5%327 / 1,158
Megaminx1:56.802:12.66
top 44.0%332 / 787
Square-128.7542.66
top 47.0%231 / 533
3×3 blindfolded3:14.05—
top 56.3%170 / 343
6×63:41.594:05.46
top 59.3%297 / 586
7×76:59.817:25.61
top 80.2%359 / 510
3×3 Multi-Blind1 of 2 cubes · 5:12—
early days — 1 solve121 / 142

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

Brussels Summer Open 2009: 23.27World Rubik's Cube Championship 2009: 23.58Essen Open 2009: 20.94German Nationals 2009: 18.09Aachen Open 2010: 18.77Benelux Open 2010: 14.18German Open 2010: 15.05Belgian Open 2010: 13.93Cologne Open 2010: 12.08Alania Open 2010: 13.61Düsseldorf Open 2010: 14.40Lemgo Open 2010: 12.77German Nationals 2010: 12.16Munich Open 2010: 12.96Dutch Open 2010: 11.33Dutch Nationals 2010: 11.94Aachen Open 2011: 10.84Altbier 2011: 11.66NEMO Amsterdam Open 2011: 11.43German Open 2011: 12.18GHS Ingenhovenpark Open 2011: 10.59Alania Open 2011: 11.36Düsseldorf Open 2011: 11.86Dutch Open 2011: 10.19Spols Open 2011: 11.31Munich Open 2011: 11.22German Nationals 2011: 11.90Altbier 2012: 11.75Twente Open 2012: 10.90German Open 2012: 11.25Aachen Summer Open 2012: 10.63Eindhoven Open 2012: 11.15European Rubik's Cube Championship 2012: 11.15German Nationals 2012: 13.09Hasselt Open 2012: 10.38German Nationals 2013: 13.33Duisburg Winter 2014: 11.35German Nationals 2014: 12.3410.1923.5812 Sep 20096 Sep 2014

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-2 Pyraminx single — 1,476 people have one; it is 0.72 away.
  • A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.93 away.

Targets move as he improves.