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Philipp Heise

3×3 · top 6.8% of 284,439 all-time · competing since March 2014 · 2014HEIS01

Philipp Heise has been competing for 12 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 9.77, set at Swiss Nationals 2015, puts him in the top 6.8% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 90th in Switzerland. Until October 2007, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 3 competitions since March 2014, he has put 84 official solves on the record across five events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, an early reading from 7 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 13.56 in March 2014 to 9.77, a 28% improvement. Philipp has entered three competitions, more competitions than 69% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 6.8% of 284,439 all-time
9.77
signature single · Swiss Nationals 2015
84
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingSwitzerland
3×39.7712.87
top 6.8%90 / 1,197
4×438.8648.55
top 10.8%46 / 462
Megaminx1:42.282:07.50
top 36.0%78 / 207
5×51:56.422:02.88
top 47.0%111 / 266
3×3 one-handed31.2134.29
top 49.4%175 / 367

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

Swiss Open 2014: 13.56SwissScience Open 2014: 12.36Swiss Nationals 2015: 9.779.7713.5629 Mar 201429 Mar 2015

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 1.77 away.
  • A sub-30 4×4 single — 2,388 people have one; it is 8.86 away.

Targets move as he improves.