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Rafał Bernat

3×3 · top 17.3% of 288,433 all-time · competing since June 2013 · 2013BERN01

Rafał Bernat has been competing for 13 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 12.95, set at Polish Nationals 2014, puts him in the top 17.3% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,410th in Poland. Across 6 competitions since June 2013, he has put 210 official solves on the record across ten events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, steadier than 87% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 15.22 in June 2013 to 12.95, a 15% improvement. He has entered six competitions, more competitions than 86% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 17.3% of 288,433 all-time
12.95
signature single · Polish Nationals 2014
210
official solves on the record
11%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 87% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingPoland
3×312.9514.12
top 17.3%1,410 / 6,670
2×23.974.78
top 26.2%1,712 / 5,487
4×453.831:03.05
top 29.4%828 / 2,894
3×3 one-handed27.8431.83
top 41.6%854 / 2,202
Pyraminx8.8613.17
top 43.6%2,248 / 4,456
5×51:56.172:22.01
top 46.9%635 / 1,458
Megaminx2:17.32—
top 55.1%749 / 1,389
Clock20.3333.47
top 65.6%1,054 / 1,574
Skewb12.0513.86
top 66.3%1,951 / 2,848
6×65:05.90—
early days — 2 solves546 / 670

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

Manufaktura Open 2013: 15.22Grudziadz Open 2013: 14.04Warsaw Open 2014: 13.07Polish Nationals 2014: 12.9512.9515.221 Jun 201331 May 2014

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-12 3×3 single — 40,277 people have one; it is 0.95 away.
  • A sub-3 2×2 single — 27,049 people have one; it is 0.97 away.

Targets move as he improves.