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Paul Potgieter

2×2 · top 76.5% of 186,767 all-time · competing since January 2014 · 2014POTG01

Paul Potgieter has been competing for 13 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 9.65, set at South Africa Open 2014, puts him in the top 76.5% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 934th in South Africa. Across 1 competition since January 2014, he has put 18 official solves on the record across two events.

2×2
best event — top 76.5% of 186,767 all-time
9.65
signature single · South Africa Open 2014
18
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingSouth Africa
2×29.6511.35
top 76.5%934 / 1,510
3×340.1544.53
top 77.0%1,430 / 2,164

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 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 2×2 single — 126,624 people have one; it is 1.65 away.
  • A sub-40 3×3 single — 218,634 people have one; it is 0.15 away.

Targets move as he improves.