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Tapio Niiranen

3×3 · top 47.1% of 284,439 all-time · competing since January 2007 · 2007NIIR01

Tapio Niiranen has been competing for 20 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 22.65, set at Finnish Open 2009, puts him in the top 47.1% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 485th in Finland. Across 12 competitions since January 2007, he has put 80 official solves on the record across one event. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, steadier than 83% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 25.75 in January 2007 to 22.65, a 12% improvement. Tapio has entered twelve competitions, more competitions than 94% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 47.1% of 284,439 all-time
22.65
signature single · Finnish Open 2009
80
official solves on the record
11%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 83% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingFinland
3×322.6526.59
top 47.1%485 / 875

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

Helsinki Open 2007: 25.75Finnish Open 2007: 26.86Helsinki Open 2008: 26.86Finnish Open 2008: 24.66Helsinki Open 2009: 25.36Finnish Open 2009: 22.65Helsinki Open 2010: 28.41Finnish Open 2010: 27.15Finnish Open 2011: 23.84Helsinki Open 2012: 26.75Finnish Open 2012: 22.77Vantaa Open 2013: 24.7722.6528.4113 Jan 200723 Mar 2013

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-20 3×3 single — 113,584 people have one; it is 2.65 away.

Targets move as he improves.