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Paris Brunner Papaioannou

3×3 · top 4.8% of 284,439 all-time · competing since May 2022 · 2022PAPA03

Paris Brunner Papaioannou has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.98, set at Baden Basic & Beginners 2023, puts him in the top 4.8% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 249th in Germany. Until May 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 10 competitions since May 2022, he has put 242 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one; 58% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 18.63 in May 2022 to 8.98, a 52% improvement. Paris has entered ten competitions, more competitions than 92% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 4.8% of 284,439 all-time
8.98
signature single · Baden Basic & Beginners 2023
242
official solves on the record
13%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 58% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingGermany
3×38.989.59
top 4.8%249 / 4,109
Pyraminx5.1312.70
top 14.0%361 / 1,987
2×23.075.67
top 15.1%529 / 2,875
3×3 one-handed19.9524.00
top 20.3%276 / 1,314
4×450.581:11.30
top 25.4%487 / 1,934
5×52:38.77
early days — 1 solve758 / 1,158
Square-154.93
early days — 2 solves420 / 533

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

Lake Constance Cubing 2022: 18.63Rhein-Neckar Open 2022: 14.27German Nationals 2022: 12.79Swiss Nationals 2022: 12.02Swisscubing Cup Finale 2022: 9.42Franconia Mini Open B 2023: 9.82Baden Basic & Beginners 2023: 8.98Cubing in HD 2023: 9.29Cubing Returns Munich A 2023: 9.76German Nationals 2023: 9.888.9818.6321 May 20224 Aug 2023

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-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.98 away.
  • A sub-5 Pyraminx single — 17,019 people have one; it is 0.13 away.

Targets move as he improves.