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Niko Vaihu

3×3 · top 13.0% of 284,439 all-time · competing since September 2017 · 2017VAIH01

Niko Vaihu has been competing for 9 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 11.73, set at NxNZ Open 2018, puts him in the top 13.0% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 270th in New Zealand. Across 3 competitions since September 2017, he has put 44 official solves on the record across four events. His 3×3 best has come down from 16.67 in September 2017 to 11.73, a 30% improvement. Niko has entered three competitions, more competitions than 69% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 13.0% of 284,439 all-time
11.73
signature single · NxNZ Open 2018
44
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingNew Zealand
3×311.7313.96
top 13.0%270 / 2,095
2×24.445.81
top 32.2%563 / 1,615
3×3 one-handed25.3331.02
top 35.1%193 / 600
4×41:16.391:22.22
top 52.8%356 / 722

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

Hamilton Spring 2017: 16.67NxNZ Open 2018: 11.73Auckland Spring 2018: 14.8311.7316.6730 Sep 20171 Sep 2018

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-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 1.73 away.
  • A sub-4 2×2 single — 49,452 people have one; it is 0.44 away.

Targets move as he improves.