People · Netherlands
Thorsten Gragert
Pyraminx · top 43.1% of 129,321 all-time · competing since January 2018 · 2018GRAG01
Thorsten Gragert has been competing for 9 years. His best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 8.80, set at Dutch Masters 2020, puts him in the top 43.1% of the 129,321 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 677th in the Netherlands. Across 13 competitions since January 2018, he has put 220 official solves on the record across eleven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one; 87% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 2×2 best has come down from 7.96 in May 2018 to 5.52, a 31% improvement. Thorsten has entered 13 competitions, more competitions than 94% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Netherlands | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pyraminx | 8.80 | 10.86 | top 43.1% | 677 / 1,283 | |
| 3×3 | 21.38 | 25.67 | top 43.8% | 1,163 / 2,294 | |
| 2×2 | 5.52 | 7.34 | top 45.5% | 925 / 1,665 | |
| 4×4 | 1:20.42 | — | top 56.2% | 546 / 1,000 | |
| Skewb | 10.86 | 13.92 | top 60.0% | 605 / 957 | |
| 3×3 blindfolded | 3:29.05 | 4:00.11 | top 60.7% | 71 / 132 | |
| Megaminx | 3:12.48 | — | early days — 3 solves | 359 / 414 | |
| 5×5 | 3:59.68 | — | early days — 2 solves | 503 / 532 | |
| Square-1 | 1:22.36 | — | top 93.5% | 384 / 407 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 1:38.30 | — | early days — 1 solve | 706 / 726 | |
| Clock | 49.62 | — | early days — 1 solve | 456 / 466 |
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, 2×2. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 1 Feb 2020Three personal bests in one day at Dutch Masters 2020.
- 12 Oct 2019Four personal bests in one day at Dutch Open 2019.
- 10 Feb 2019Three personal bests in one day at Haarlem Cubing 2019.
- 19 May 2018First sub-30 3×3: 26.59 at Breda Open 2018.
- 5 Jan 2018First competition: Happy New Year Cubing Dordrecht 2018. A 30.59 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Amsterdam Open 2023 · 10 Sep 2023
- Hoorn Open 2022 · 2 Jul 2022
- Dutch Masters 2020 · 1 Feb 2020 — 3 personal bests set
- Rijswijk Open 2019 · 8 Dec 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- Dutch Open 2019 · 12 Oct 2019 — 4 personal bests set
- Dutch Nationals 2019 · 21 Sep 2019
- Star Cubing Nijmegen 2019 · 29 Jun 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- Haarlem Cubing 2019 · 10 Feb 2019 — 3 personal bests set
- Meppel Open 2018 · 10 Nov 2018 — 2 personal bests set
- Dutch Nationals 2018 · 22 Sep 2018 — 1 personal best set
- Veenendaal Open 2018 · 23 Jun 2018 — 1 personal best set
- Breda Open 2018 · 19 May 2018 — 2 personal bests set
- Happy New Year Cubing Dordrecht 2018 · 5 Jan 2018
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.
- Daniël Kassab — met in 50 rounds, never finished ahead
- Mark Bennis — met in 48 rounds, finished ahead once
- Antonie Paterakis — met in 48 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-8 Pyraminx single — 46,752 people have one; it is 0.80 away.
- A sub-20 3×3 single — 113,584 people have one; it is 1.38 away.
Targets move as he improves.