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Petra Schmidt

3×3 · top 47.7% of 284,439 all-time · competing since October 2008 · 2008SCHM02

Petra Schmidt has been competing for 18 years. Her best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 22.91, set at Essen Open 2009, puts her in the top 47.7% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 2,231st in Germany. Across 3 competitions since October 2008, she has put 19 official solves on the record across three events. Her 3×3 best has come down from 27.50 in October 2008 to 22.91, a 17% improvement. Petra has entered three competitions, more competitions than 69% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 47.7% of 284,439 all-time
22.91
signature single · Essen Open 2009
19
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingGermany
3×322.9124.92
top 47.7%2,231 / 4,109
4×42:01.46
early days — 2 solves1,569 / 1,934
5×53:15.16
early days — 2 solves927 / 1,158

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 Nationals 2008: 27.50World Rubik's Cube Championship 2009: 22.97Essen Open 2009: 22.9122.9127.5025 Oct 200824 Oct 2009

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 her.

Next targets

  • A sub-20 3×3 single — 113,584 people have one; it is 2.91 away.
  • A sub-2:00 4×4 single — 68,574 people have one; it is 1.46 away.

Targets move as she improves.