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Noé Apffel

2×2 · top 9.7% of 186,767 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 9.7% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 370th 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 35,811 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.

2×2
best event — top 9.7% of 186,767 all-time
2.58
signature single · Istres Open 2017
341
official solves on the record
11%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 90% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingFrance
2×22.583.94
top 9.7%370 / 3,074
Pyraminx4.496.47
top 10.2%266 / 2,148
3×312.0913.48
top 14.2%715 / 4,746
Skewb5.479.83
top 21.7%315 / 1,291
4×451.1855.57
top 26.2%471 / 1,817
3×3 one-handed26.4229.60
top 37.9%555 / 1,490
3×3 blindfolded2:42.02
early days — 2 solves208 / 434
5×51:58.102:10.93
top 48.1%438 / 1,024
Megaminx2:07.972:20.56
top 50.1%362 / 867
Square-135.8951.57
top 59.8%328 / 540

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

Kingscube Toulouse Open 2014: 8.46Chambéry Cube Open 2015: 4.64Istres Open 2017: 2.58Only Cube Open 2017: 2.93Aix-en-Provence Open 2017: 3.39World Rubik's Cube Championship 2017: 3.60Toulon Open 2017: 3.50Istres Open 2018: 3.022.588.461 Nov 201427 Jan 2018

Best single per competition, 2×2. 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 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.58 away.
  • A sub-4 Pyraminx single — 9,892 people have one; it is 0.49 away.

Targets move as he improves.