People · Switzerland
Valentin Lanz
3×3 blindfolded · top 5.0% of 12,334 all-time · competing since February 2018 · 2018LANZ03
Valentin Lanz has been competing for 9 years. His best event is the 3×3 blindfolded: a personal-best single of 32.90, set at Swisscubing Cup I 2020, puts him in the top 5.0% of the 12,334 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 8th in Switzerland. Until February 2010, no official 3×3 blindfolded solve in the world had been that fast. Across 16 competitions since February 2018, he has put 592 official solves on the record across eleven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, steadier than 84% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 18.50 in February 2018 to 9.69, a 48% improvement. Valentin has entered 16 competitions, more competitions than 96% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Switzerland | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 blindfolded | 32.90 | 38.71 | top 5.0% | 8 / 93 | |
| 3×3 | 9.69 | 12.37 | top 6.7% | 93 / 1,218 | |
| 3×3 Multi-Blind | 15 of 15 cubes · 54:09 | — | top 8.3% | 5 / 43 | |
| Skewb | 3.71 | 7.30 | top 9.1% | 45 / 395 | |
| 2×2 | 2.74 | 4.23 | top 11.4% | 154 / 923 | |
| Pyraminx | 5.17 | 7.08 | top 14.3% | 128 / 665 | |
| 4×4 blindfolded | 5:06.38 | — | early days — 3 solves | 9 / 24 | |
| 4×4 | 48.26 | 55.91 | top 22.5% | 96 / 474 | |
| Square-1 | 27.17 | 36.48 | top 43.9% | 74 / 162 | |
| 5×5 blindfolded | 16:37.00 | — | early days — 1 solve | 11 / 16 | |
| 5×5 | 2:06.56 | 2:24.14 | top 53.5% | 127 / 273 |
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, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 7 Mar 2020Three personal bests in one day at Swisscubing Cup II 2020.
- 4 Jan 2020First sub-10 3×3: 9.69 at Swisscubing Cup I 2020.
- 4 Jan 2020Three personal bests in one day at Swisscubing Cup I 2020.
- 13 Apr 2019Four personal bests in one day at Swisscubing Cup II 2019.
- 8 Dec 2018Three personal bests in one day at Swisscubing Cup Final 2018.
- 21 Sep 2018Three personal bests in one day at Swiss Nationals 2018.
Competitions
- Swisscubing Cup IV 2020 · 22 Aug 2020
- Swisscubing Cup II 2020 · 7 Mar 2020 — 3 personal bests set
- Swisscubing Cup I 2020 · 4 Jan 2020 — 3 personal bests set
- Swisscubing Cup Final 2019 · 7 Dec 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- Swisscubing Cup V 2019 · 19 Oct 2019
- Swisscubing Cup IV 2019 · 24 Aug 2019
- LYN Cubing Days 2019 · 10 Aug 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Swiss Nationals 2019 · 8 Jun 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- Swisscubing Cup II 2019 · 13 Apr 2019 — 4 personal bests set
- D-City Cubing 2019 · 19 Jan 2019
- Swisscubing Cup I 2019 · 5 Jan 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- Swisscubing Cup Final 2018 · 8 Dec 2018 — 3 personal bests set
- Swiss Nationals 2018 · 21 Sep 2018 — 3 personal bests set
- Swisscubing Cup III 2018 · 1 Sep 2018 — 4 personal bests set
- Zurich Open 2018 · 12 May 2018 — 3 personal bests set
- Xlingen Open 2018 · 17 Feb 2018 — 1 personal best set
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.
- Tobias Peter — met in 150 rounds, finished ahead 24 times
- Hannah Minas — met in 138 rounds, finished ahead 86 times
- Oleg Gritsenko — met in 117 rounds, finished ahead 75 times
Next targets
- A sub-30 3×3 blindfolded single — 511 people have one; it is 2.90 away.
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 8,101 people have one; it is 1.69 away.
Targets move as he improves.