People · France
Noé Apffel
2×2 · top 9.8% of 189,179 all-time · competing since November 2014 · 2014APFF01
Noé Apffel has been competing for 12 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.58, set at Istres Open 2017, puts him in the top 9.8% of the 189,179 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 388th in France. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 8 competitions since November 2014, he has put 341 official solves on the record across ten events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, steadier than 90% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 2×2 best has come down from 8.46 in November 2014 to 2.58, a 70% improvement. He has entered eight competitions, more competitions than 90% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | France | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 2.58 | 3.94 | top 9.8% | 388 / 3,129 | |
| Pyraminx | 4.49 | 6.47 | top 10.2% | 267 / 2,185 | |
| 3×3 | 12.09 | 13.48 | top 14.3% | 741 / 4,823 | |
| Skewb | 5.47 | 9.83 | top 21.8% | 320 / 1,309 | |
| 4×4 | 51.18 | 55.57 | top 26.3% | 481 / 1,839 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 26.42 | 29.60 | top 38.0% | 562 / 1,508 | |
| 3×3 blindfolded | 2:42.02 | — | early days — 2 solves | 210 / 445 | |
| 5×5 | 1:58.10 | 2:10.93 | top 48.2% | 447 / 1,038 | |
| Megaminx | 2:07.97 | 2:20.56 | top 50.3% | 364 / 872 | |
| Square-1 | 35.89 | 51.57 | top 59.8% | 335 / 547 |
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, 2×2. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 27 Oct 2017Six personal bests in one day at Toulon Open 2017.
- 27 May 2017Seven personal bests in one day at Aix-en-Provence Open 2017.
- 28 Jan 2017First sub-15 3×3: 13.34 at Istres Open 2017.
- 28 Jan 2017Seven personal bests in one day at Istres Open 2017.
- 7 Nov 2015First sub-30 3×3: 15.54 at Chambéry Cube Open 2015.
- 7 Nov 2015First sub-20 3×3: 15.54 at Chambéry Cube Open 2015.
Competitions
- Istres Open 2018 · 27 Jan 2018 — 1 personal best set
- Toulon Open 2017 · 27 Oct 2017 — 6 personal bests set
- World Rubik's Cube Championship 2017 · 13 Jul 2017 — 2 personal bests set
- Aix-en-Provence Open 2017 · 27 May 2017 — 7 personal bests set
- Only Cube Open 2017 · 4 Mar 2017 — 2 personal bests set
- Istres Open 2017 · 28 Jan 2017 — 7 personal bests set
- Chambéry Cube Open 2015 · 7 Nov 2015 — 3 personal bests set
- Kingscube Toulouse Open 2014 · 1 Nov 2014
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.
- Nicolas Gertner Kilian — met in 65 rounds, finished ahead twice
- Lucas Déglise — met in 62 rounds, finished ahead 7 times
- Wilfrid Py — met in 53 rounds, finished ahead 27 times
Next targets
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 9,039 people have one; it is 0.58 away.
- A sub-4 Pyraminx single — 10,050 people have one; it is 0.49 away.
Targets move as he improves.