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Philipp Steck

3×3 · top 3.4% of 284,439 all-time · competing since January 2017 · 2017STEC01

Philipp Steck has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.31, set at TMU Open 2018, puts him in the top 3.4% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 186th in Germany. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 12 competitions since January 2017, he has put 263 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, steadier than 52% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 49.23 in January 2017 to 8.31, an 83% improvement. Philipp has entered twelve competitions, more competitions than 94% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 3.4% of 284,439 all-time
8.31
signature single · TMU Open 2018
263
official solves on the record
13%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 52% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingGermany
3×38.3111.13
top 3.4%186 / 4,109
2×21.953.14
top 4.4%190 / 2,875
Pyraminx3.624.69
top 6.0%138 / 1,987
Skewb3.926.12
top 10.3%133 / 1,169
4×458.321:05.20
top 34.7%647 / 1,934
Clock23.6127.16
top 73.9%472 / 634

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

Tribox Open Winter 2017: 49.23Meguro 2017: 19.90Tokyo Pyraminx Open 2017: 13.41Yokohama 2017: 13.70Suginami Open 2017: 12.43Japan Open 2017: 11.00TMU Open 2018: 8.31YRCC Open 2018: 9.64Tribox Open Spring 2018: 9.88Omiya Bigs 2018: 10.75French Championship 2019: 9.61Rouen Open 2020: 10.428.3149.2314 Jan 20177 Mar 2020

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 0.31 away.
  • A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.95 away.

Targets move as he improves.