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Otto Normanns

2×2 · top 8.8% of 186,767 all-time · competing since August 2014 · 2014NORM01

Otto Normanns has been competing for 12 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.49, set at Instituto Guatemalteco Americano 2019, puts him in the top 8.8% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 51st in Guatemala. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 13 competitions since August 2014, he has put 406 official solves on the record across eight events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 10% around a typical one, steadier than 95% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 2×2 best has come down from 6.21 in August 2014 to 2.49, a 60% improvement. Otto has entered 13 competitions, more competitions than 94% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 8.8% of 186,767 all-time
2.49
signature single · Instituto Guatemalteco Americano 2019
406
official solves on the record
10%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 95% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingGuatemala
2×22.494.44
top 8.8%51 / 717
3×312.4915.21
top 15.6%126 / 1,226
4×444.7953.67
top 18.1%55 / 303
6×62:16.012:30.23
top 18.5%12 / 56
5×51:26.441:32.86
top 24.5%37 / 151
7×73:54.054:05.80
top 28.5%20 / 48
Pyraminx7.3310.42
top 30.6%123 / 466
3×3 one-handed25.9732.29
top 36.8%102 / 303

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

Rubik Amati 2014: 6.21IGA Rubik 2014: 4.49IGA Rubik 2017: 4.76Guatemala Championship 2017: 3.30Big Bang Open 2018: 4.75San Lucas Open 2018: 4.50IGA 2018: 2.93Los Próceres 2019: 4.11Big Bang Open 2019: 4.44Amatitlán 2019: 4.95Instituto Guatemalteco Americano 2019: 2.49Nacionales Guatemala 2019: 4.282.496.2117 Aug 201422 Nov 2019

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 0.49 away.
  • A sub-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 0.49 away.

Targets move as he improves.