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Youri van der Ceelen

3×3 · top 16.9% of 284,439 all-time · competing since May 2016 · 2016CEEL01

Youri van der Ceelen has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 12.85, set at Breda Open 2017, puts him in the top 16.9% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 494th in the Netherlands. Across 9 competitions since May 2016, he has put 242 official solves on the record across eight events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one; 88% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 24.55 in May 2016 to 12.85, a 48% improvement. Youri has entered nine competitions, more competitions than 91% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 16.9% of 284,439 all-time
12.85
signature single · Breda Open 2017
242
official solves on the record
15%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 88% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingNetherlands
3×312.8515.50
top 16.9%494 / 2,294
2×24.167.20
top 28.5%652 / 1,665
4×457.761:02.15
top 34.0%326 / 1,000
Skewb9.6416.41
top 52.7%542 / 957
5×52:08.332:23.96
top 54.5%278 / 532
Square-138.6144.14
top 63.6%239 / 407
3×3 one-handed40.2051.63
top 65.6%452 / 726
Pyraminx12.0514.73
top 67.5%957 / 1,283

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

Antwerp Open 2016: 24.55Breda Open 2016: 20.54Dutch Nationals 2016: 14.94Belgian Winter 2017: 14.92Hoogland Open 2017: 14.23Breda Open 2017: 12.85Zwolle Open 2017: 15.60Dutch Nationals 2017: 16.24Marathon Open 2017: 14.9612.8524.557 May 201616 Dec 2017

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-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 0.85 away.
  • A sub-4 2×2 single — 49,452 people have one; it is 0.16 away.

Targets move as he improves.