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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.

3×3
best event — top 23.3% of 284,439 all-time
14.67
signature single · Nancy Open 2015
519
official solves on the record
12%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 73% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingGermany
3×314.6717.07
top 23.3%1,155 / 4,109
3×3 one-handed26.0038.63
top 36.8%482 / 1,314
4×41:03.431:19.89
top 40.0%755 / 1,934
5×52:01.692:15.04
top 50.2%536 / 1,158
6×64:51.175:16.68
top 79.8%434 / 586
7×77:43.76
top 86.3%397 / 510
3×3 blindfolded6:28.74
early days — 3 solves291 / 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

Frankfurt Cube Days 2015: 20.41Hessen Open 2015: 18.71Swiss Nationals 2015: 20.74Velbert Open 2015: 19.72Franconia Open 2015: 17.46German Big Cube Open 2015: 18.03German Nationals 2015: 15.28SwissScience Open 2015: 16.23Nancy Open 2015: 14.67Würfelä im Drachenäscht 2015: 17.67Chottu Skips 2016: 16.06Frankfurt Cube Days 2016: 16.98Phalsbourg Winter Open 2016: 17.17Wiler Würfelfest 2016: 15.41German Open 2016: 14.68OFFA-Meisterschaft 2016: 16.32Zurich Open 2016: 16.73Strasbourg Open 2016: 16.63Belfort Open 2016: 15.01German Nationals 2016: 15.11Montbéliard Open 2016: 19.87Swisscubing Cup Final 2017: 15.6414.6720.7417 Jan 201519 Aug 2017

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 — 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.