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Vanessa Mertens

3×3 · top 33.7% of 284,439 all-time · competing since January 2011 · 2011MERT01

Vanessa Mertens has been competing for 16 years. Her best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 17.86, set at German Open 2011, puts her in the top 33.7% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,659th in Germany. Across 3 competitions since January 2011, she has put 24 official solves on the record across one event. Solve to solve, her 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, an early reading from 5 counted rounds. Her 3×3 best has come down from 23.58 in January 2011 to 17.86, a 24% improvement. Vanessa has entered three competitions, more competitions than 69% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 33.7% of 284,439 all-time
17.86
signature single · German Open 2011
24
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingGermany
3×317.8620.24
top 33.7%1,659 / 4,109

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 2011: 23.58German Open 2011: 17.86GHS Ingenhovenpark Open 2011: 17.8617.8623.5814 Jan 201128 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 her.

Next targets

  • A sub-15 3×3 single — 69,493 people have one; it is 2.86 away.

Targets move as she improves.