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Tobias Droste

Pyraminx · top 4.8% of 129,321 all-time · competing since November 2009 · 2009DROS01

Tobias Droste has been competing for 17 years. His best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 3.34, set at Altbier 2012, puts him in the top 4.8% of the 129,321 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 107th in Germany. Until February 2008, no official Pyraminx solve in the world had been that fast. Across 30 competitions since November 2009, he has put 1,163 official solves on the record across twelve events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 72% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 57.66 in November 2009 to 11.08, an 81% improvement. Tobias has entered 30 competitions, more competitions than 98% of everyone who has ever competed.

Pyraminx
best event — top 4.8% of 129,321 all-time
3.34
signature single · Altbier 2012
1,163
official solves on the record
14%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 72% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingGermany
Pyraminx3.345.38
top 4.8%107 / 1,987
2×22.334.14
top 7.3%298 / 2,875
Square-111.5214.20
top 8.9%37 / 533
3×311.0813.73
top 10.7%544 / 4,109
Clock9.7113.09
top 23.7%157 / 634
4×449.831:02.17
top 24.5%468 / 1,934
3×3 one-handed27.7137.18
top 41.2%538 / 1,314
Skewb8.2711.78
top 43.3%574 / 1,169
5×52:25.052:55.24
top 63.5%686 / 1,158
Megaminx2:39.18—
top 65.6%484 / 787
3×3 Fewest Moves48 moves—
top 74.2%264 / 338
6×66:46.96—
early days — 3 solves542 / 586

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 Nationals 2009: 57.66Aachen Open 2010: 31.81German Open 2010: 23.56Cologne Open 2010: 18.03Alania Open 2010: 18.90Düsseldorf Open 2010: 18.59Lemgo Open 2010: 13.96German Nationals 2010: 15.18Dutch Nationals 2010: 14.90Aachen Open 2011: 13.93Altbier 2011: 13.86NEMO Amsterdam Open 2011: 14.66German Open 2011: 14.13GHS Ingenhovenpark Open 2011: 13.61Alania Open 2011: 15.19Düsseldorf Open 2011: 13.25Dutch Open 2011: 12.28Spols Open 2011: 14.86Munich Open 2011: 13.21German Nationals 2011: 12.94Hessen Open 2012: 12.13Altbier 2012: 11.31German Open 2012: 12.96German Nationals 2013: 13.96Frankfurt Cube Days 2014: 12.75Frankfurt Cube Days 2016: 12.34German Open 2016: 11.0811.0857.6621 Nov 20099 Apr 2016

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-3 Pyraminx single — 4,700 people have one; it is 0.34 away.
  • A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.33 away.

Targets move as he improves.