People · Germany
Rafael Kerkenrath
3×3 · top 23.3% of 284,439 all-time · competing since January 2015 · 2015KERK01
Rafael Kerkenrath has been competing for 12 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 14.67, set at Nancy Open 2015, puts him in the top 23.3% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,155th in Germany. Across 24 competitions since January 2015, he has put 519 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 73% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 20.41 in January 2015 to 14.67, a 28% improvement. Rafael has entered 24 competitions, more competitions than 97% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Germany | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 14.67 | 17.07 | top 23.3% | 1,155 / 4,109 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 26.00 | 38.63 | top 36.8% | 482 / 1,314 | |
| 4×4 | 1:03.43 | 1:19.89 | top 40.0% | 755 / 1,934 | |
| 5×5 | 2:01.69 | 2:15.04 | top 50.2% | 536 / 1,158 | |
| 6×6 | 4:51.17 | 5:16.68 | top 79.8% | 434 / 586 | |
| 7×7 | 7:43.76 | — | top 86.3% | 397 / 510 | |
| 3×3 blindfolded | 6:28.74 | — | early days — 3 solves | 291 / 343 |
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
Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 7 May 2016Three personal bests in one day at Hessen Open 2016.
- 16 Jan 2016Three personal bests in one day at Chottu Skips 2016.
- 24 Oct 2015First sub-15 3×3: 14.67 at Nancy Open 2015.
- 21 Feb 2015First sub-20 3×3: 18.71 at Hessen Open 2015.
- 17 Jan 2015First competition: Frankfurt Cube Days 2015. A 20.41 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Swisscubing Cup Final 2017 · 19 Aug 2017
- Montbéliard Open 2016 · 1 Nov 2016
- German Nationals 2016 · 7 Oct 2016 — 1 personal best set
- Swiss Nationals 2016 · 3 Sep 2016
- Belfort Open 2016 · 9 Jul 2016
- Strasbourg Open 2016 · 19 Jun 2016 — 1 personal best set
- Zurich Open 2016 · 21 May 2016 — 2 personal bests set
- Hessen Open 2016 · 7 May 2016 — 3 personal bests set
- OFFA-Meisterschaft 2016 · 16 Apr 2016 — 2 personal bests set
- German Open 2016 · 9 Apr 2016 — 1 personal best set
- Wiler Würfelfest 2016 · 2 Apr 2016 — 2 personal bests set
- Phalsbourg Winter Open 2016 · 13 Feb 2016 — 1 personal best set
- Frankfurt Cube Days 2016 · 30 Jan 2016
- Chottu Skips 2016 · 16 Jan 2016 — 3 personal bests set
- Würfelä im Drachenäscht 2015 · 13 Nov 2015 — 1 personal best set
- Nancy Open 2015 · 24 Oct 2015 — 2 personal bests set
- SwissScience Open 2015 · 26 Sep 2015 — 1 personal best set
- German Nationals 2015 · 5 Sep 2015 — 1 personal best set
- German Big Cube Open 2015 · 22 Aug 2015 — 1 personal best set
- Franconia Open 2015 · 4 Jul 2015 — 1 personal best set
- Velbert Open 2015 · 6 Jun 2015 — 2 personal bests set
- Swiss Nationals 2015 · 29 Mar 2015 — 1 personal best set
- Hessen Open 2015 · 21 Feb 2015 — 1 personal best set
- Frankfurt Cube Days 2015 · 17 Jan 2015
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.
- Manuel Bühler — met in 73 rounds, finished ahead once
- Tobias Peter — met in 68 rounds, finished ahead once
- Reto Bubendorf — met in 67 rounds, finished ahead twice
Next targets
- A sub-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 2.67 away.
- A sub-25 3×3 one-handed single — 25,198 people have one; it is 1.00 away.
Targets move as he improves.