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Steffen Bent

3×3 · top 44.6% of 284,439 all-time · competing since April 2009 · 2009BENT01

Steffen Bent has been competing for 17 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 21.69, set at Essen Open 2009, puts him in the top 44.6% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 2,100th in Germany. Across 7 competitions since April 2009, he has put 77 official solves on the record across three events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, an early reading from 9 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 28.90 in April 2009 to 21.69, a 25% improvement. Steffen has entered seven competitions, more competitions than 88% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 44.6% of 284,439 all-time
21.69
signature single · Essen Open 2009
77
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingGermany
3×321.6922.99
top 44.6%2,100 / 4,109
2×25.506.92
top 45.3%1,471 / 2,875
4×41:36.402:03.40
top 68.2%1,302 / 1,934

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

German Open 2009: 28.90Finnish Open 2009: 23.22Essen Open 2009: 21.69German Nationals 2009: 22.18German Open 2010: 24.03Lemgo Open 2010: 21.90German Nationals 2010: 23.5321.6928.9025 Apr 200911 Sep 2010

Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.

The story so far

  • 25 Apr 2009First competition: German Open 2009. A 28.90 3×3 single to start from.

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-20 3×3 single — 113,584 people have one; it is 1.69 away.
  • A sub-5 2×2 single — 73,413 people have one; it is 0.50 away.

Targets move as he improves.