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Niko Kauffman

3×3 · top 24.5% of 284,439 all-time · competing since April 2008 · 2008KAUF01

Niko Kauffman has been competing for 18 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 15.03, set at Drexel Fall 2008, puts him in the top 24.5% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 13,323rd in the United States. Across 5 competitions since April 2008, he has put 48 official solves on the record across one event. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one; 84% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 19.90 in April 2008 to 15.03, a 24% improvement. Niko has entered five competitions, more competitions than 83% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 24.5% of 284,439 all-time
15.03
signature single · Drexel Fall 2008
48
official solves on the record
15%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 84% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×315.0316.51
top 24.5%13,323 / 59,724

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

Armonk Spring 2008: 19.90Washington DC Open 2008: 16.88Newark Open 2008: 16.98Drexel Fall 2008: 15.03Westchester Fall 2008: 15.0615.0319.9026 Apr 200822 Nov 2008

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.

  • Gavin Nelson — met in 10 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
  • Bob Burton — met in 8 rounds, finished ahead 5 times
  • Sam Boyles — met in 8 rounds, finished ahead twice

Next targets

  • A sub-15 3×3 single — 69,493 people have one; it is 0.03 away.

Targets move as he improves.