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Steven Schlax

3×3 · top 31.4% of 284,439 all-time · competing since August 2011 · 2011SCHL02

Steven Schlax has been competing for 15 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 17.14, set at Dixon Summer 2015, puts him in the top 31.4% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 17,350th in the United States. Across 4 competitions since August 2011, he has put 47 official solves on the record across five events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 8% around a typical one, an early reading from 5 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 25.88 in August 2011 to 17.14, a 34% improvement. Steven has entered four competitions, more competitions than 78% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 31.4% of 284,439 all-time
17.14
signature single · Dixon Summer 2015
47
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×317.1418.55
top 31.4%17,350 / 59,724
2×24.806.76
top 36.8%14,701 / 40,951
5×52:16.802:46.74
top 59.2%5,077 / 9,401
4×41:38.061:50.88
top 69.3%12,394 / 19,072
7×77:19.72
early days — 1 solve2,634 / 3,184

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

United States National Championships 2011: 25.88Dixon Open 2012: 21.00Indiana 2015: 18.03Dixon Summer 2015: 17.1417.1425.8812 Aug 201127 Jun 2015

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-15 3×3 single — 69,493 people have one; it is 2.14 away.
  • A sub-4 2×2 single — 49,452 people have one; it is 0.80 away.

Targets move as he improves.