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Sven Gollnow

3×3 · top 32.0% of 284,439 all-time · competing since January 2010 · 2010GOLL01

Sven Gollnow has been competing for 17 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 17.33, set at Aachen Open 2011, puts him in the top 32.0% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,573rd in Germany. Across 5 competitions since January 2010, he has put 58 official solves on the record across four events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one, an early reading from 7 counted rounds. That figure sets aside his 3 DNFs. His 3×3 best has come down from 32.56 in January 2010 to 17.33, a 47% improvement. Sven has entered five competitions, more competitions than 83% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 32.0% of 284,439 all-time
17.33
signature single · Aachen Open 2011
58
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingGermany
3×317.3319.04
top 32.0%1,573 / 4,109
2×26.118.57
top 52.0%1,676 / 2,875
Pyraminx14.4321.60
top 79.7%1,676 / 1,987
4×42:09.19
early days — 3 solves1,635 / 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

Aachen Open 2010: 32.56Cologne Open 2010: 22.81Düsseldorf Open 2010: 22.72Aachen Open 2011: 17.33GHS Ingenhovenpark Open 2011: 18.7217.3332.5616 Jan 201028 May 2011

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 2.33 away.
  • A sub-6 2×2 single — 95,042 people have one; it is 0.11 away.

Targets move as he improves.