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Paul Schmelter

2×2 · top 37.3% of 186,767 all-time · competing since August 2016 · 2016SCHM11

Paul Schmelter has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 4.84, set at Tübingen Open 2016, puts him in the top 37.3% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,214th in Germany. Across 1 competition since August 2016, he has put 24 official solves on the record across four events.

2×2
best event — top 37.3% of 186,767 all-time
4.84
signature single · Tübingen Open 2016
24
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingGermany
2×24.846.32
top 37.3%1,214 / 2,875
3×323.1424.88
top 48.3%2,255 / 4,109
Pyraminx11.5314.39
top 64.2%1,381 / 1,987
Skewb15.5519.68
top 80.0%992 / 1,169

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-4 2×2 single — 49,452 people have one; it is 0.84 away.
  • A sub-20 3×3 single — 113,584 people have one; it is 3.14 away.

Targets move as he improves.