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Otto von Hellens

Pyraminx · top 11.7% of 129,321 all-time · competing since August 2007 · 2007HELL01

Otto von Hellens has been competing for 19 years. His best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 4.75, set at Finnish Open 2009, puts him in the top 11.7% of the 129,321 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 109th in Finland. Across 13 competitions since August 2007, he has put 390 official solves on the record across nine events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one; 87% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 1:40.00 in August 2007 to 17.09, an 83% improvement. Otto has entered 13 competitions, more competitions than 94% of everyone who has ever competed.

Pyraminx
best event — top 11.7% of 129,321 all-time
4.75
signature single · Finnish Open 2009
390
official solves on the record
15%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 87% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingFinland
Pyraminx4.759.81
top 11.7%109 / 551
2×22.906.12
top 13.1%173 / 671
3×317.0919.70
top 31.3%337 / 875
3×3 Fewest Moves36 moves
early days — 2 solves37 / 95
4×41:33.721:47.15
top 66.3%267 / 388
3×3 one-handed44.6154.50
top 71.1%226 / 314
5×53:16.093:42.22
top 83.0%189 / 232
3×3 blindfolded6:14.59
early days — 3 solves51 / 61
Skewb20.5426.02
top 90.4%387 / 405

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

Finnish Open 2007: 1:40.00Helsinki Open 2008: 19.91Finnish Open 2008: 19.55Tampere Open 2008: 20.21Helsinki Open 2009: 21.47Finnish Open 2009: 19.61Helsinki Open 2010: 20.19Finnish Open 2010: 19.08Helsinki Open 2011: 17.43Tallinn Open 2011: 17.09Finnish Open 2011: 20.03Vantaa Open 2013: 17.75Heureka Open 2014: 18.0217.091:40.0018 Aug 200722 Feb 2014

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-4 Pyraminx single — 9,892 people have one; it is 0.75 away.
  • A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.90 away.

Targets move as he improves.