People · Germany
Simon Busko
3×3 · top 6.4% of 284,439 all-time · competing since July 2018 · 2018BUSK02
Simon Busko has been competing for 8 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 9.61, set at Happy New Year Cubing Nijmegen 2019, puts him in the top 6.4% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 329th in Germany. Until November 2007, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 6 competitions since July 2018, he has put 164 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 80% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 13.00 in July 2018 to 9.61, a 26% improvement. Simon has entered six competitions, more competitions than 86% 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 | 9.61 | 11.70 | top 6.4% | 329 / 4,109 | |
| 4×4 | 40.11 | 47.68 | top 12.3% | 227 / 1,934 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 19.03 | 21.57 | top 17.9% | 245 / 1,314 | |
| 5×5 | 1:23.10 | 1:45.40 | top 21.6% | 224 / 1,158 | |
| 3×3 blindfolded | 2:26.21 | 3:08.37 | top 42.0% | 133 / 343 | |
| Square-1 | 32.03 | 37.94 | top 53.3% | 277 / 533 | |
| 4×4 blindfolded | 13:09.00 | — | early days — 1 solve | 61 / 85 |
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
- 26 Oct 2019Three personal bests in one day at German Big Cube Open 2019.
- 5 Jan 2019First sub-10 3×3: 9.61 at Happy New Year Cubing Nijmegen 2019.
- 5 Jan 2019Three personal bests in one day at Happy New Year Cubing Nijmegen 2019.
- 3 Nov 2018Three personal bests in one day at German Big Cube Open 2018.
- 14 Jul 2018First competition: Cologne Open 2018. A 13.74 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- German Big Cube Open 2019 · 26 Oct 2019 — 3 personal bests set
- Monnem City Cubing 2019 · 21 Sep 2019
- German Open 2019 · 6 Apr 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- Happy New Year Cubing Nijmegen 2019 · 5 Jan 2019 — 3 personal bests set
- German Big Cube Open 2018 · 3 Nov 2018 — 3 personal bests set
- Cologne Open 2018 · 14 Jul 2018 — 1 personal best set
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.
- Cedric Meysing — met in 31 rounds, finished ahead 11 times
- Jan Bentlage — met in 31 rounds, never finished ahead
- Sébastien Auroux — met in 30 rounds, finished ahead 11 times
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.61 away.
- A sub-40 4×4 single — 10,180 people have one; it is 0.11 away.
Targets move as he improves.