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Patrick Bellenbaum

3×3 · top 43.0% of 284,439 all-time · competing since April 2004 · 2004BELL01

Patrick Bellenbaum has been competing for 22 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 21.12, set at German Open 2005, puts him in the top 43.0% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 2,047th in Germany. Across 6 competitions since April 2004, he has put 34 official solves on the record across one event. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 21% around a typical one, an early reading from 5 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 26.73 in April 2004 to 21.12, a 21% improvement. Patrick has entered six competitions, more competitions than 86% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 43.0% of 284,439 all-time
21.12
signature single · German Open 2005
34
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingGermany
3×321.1228.25
top 43.0%2,047 / 4,109

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

German Open 2004: 26.73European Rubik's Games Championship 2004: 26.61German Open 2005: 21.12German Championship 2005: 21.18Dutch Open 2005: 24.57Rubik's World Championship 2005: 24.8121.1226.7324 Apr 20045 Nov 2005

Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.

The story so far

  • 24 Apr 2004First competition: German Open 2004. A 26.73 3×3 single to start from.

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-20 3×3 single — 113,584 people have one; it is 1.12 away.

Targets move as he improves.