Jim Mertens

Country	WCA Id	Gender

Details
USA	2006MERT01	Male

Event	NR	CR	WR	Single	Average	WR	CR	NR

Current Personal Records
Rubik's Cube	176	214	1177	11.43	13.98	1272	226	189
4x4 Cube	307	392	2383	1:11.56	1:21.33	2317	384	305
5x5 Cube	369	461	2468	2:50.80	3:32.75	2374	459	359
2x2 Cube	206	263	1207	3.21	5.80	1732	349	263
3x3 blindfolded	199	244	1367	5:29.65
3x3 one-handed	164	211	1220	22.93	27.20	1103	192	153
3x3 fewest moves	27	29	207	34
Pyraminx	109	147	912	6.63	12.84	1589	261	192
Rubik's Clock	138	169	1057	32.65	41.30	896	137	113

Competition	Round	Place	Best	Average	Result Details

History (Map)

Rubik's Cube
New Albany 2013	Second	19	15.41	17.72	18.59 18.65 15.41 17.00 17.58
	First	19	13.59	16.66	16.29 15.31 19.78 18.37 13.59
Carnegie Mellon Spring 2013	Final	7	13.69	16.90	13.69 15.33 1:04.08 19.52 15.84
	Second	8	13.50	17.13	16.62 17.50 13.50 19.77 17.27
	First	8	15.41	18.17	16.81 22.03 16.04 15.41 21.66
Dayton 2012	Final	7	15.80	17.30	17.16 17.93 16.81 18.28 15.80
	Second	6	13.40	16.31	13.40 17.80 16.33 14.80 19.05
	First	5	14.00	16.16	14.00 15.19 17.18 17.53 16.11
Appalachia 2012	Final	10	13.88	19.87	19.47 18.77 21.38 13.88 DNF
	Second	7	14.69	16.23	17.77 14.69 16.08 18.50 14.83
	First	7	13.30	16.71	16.44 13.30 17.63 16.05 18.71
US Nationals 2012	First	140	16.44	18.82	18.89 17.87 16.44 19.69 27.94
New Albany 2012	Second	13	15.93	17.83	16.86 19.58 17.05 15.93 20.05
	First	13	16.47	17.33	16.47 17.65 18.72 17.03 17.31
Carnegie Mellon Spring 2012	Final	9	14.66	16.45	15.56 19.00 15.91 14.66 17.88
	Second	8	14.93	16.34	14.93 16.75 15.94 16.33 16.94
	First	9	16.21	17.59	17.46 19.08 16.21 18.88 16.43
Ohio Fall 2011	Final	8	15.09	17.35	16.63 16.63 15.09 18.80 18.93
	Second	11	15.41	18.42	21.13 15.91 18.21 24.44 15.41
	First	9	16.00	17.38	16.00 17.08 21.15 17.78 17.28
Dayton Fall 2011	Final	7	14.19	16.35	21.25 18.83 15.58 14.63 14.19
	Second	9	14.65	16.21	18.46 14.65 15.81 16.55 16.28
	First	10	14.06	17.73	16.52 18.90 14.06 17.77 20.06
Appalachia 2011	Final	3	13.96	15.56	14.06 16.15 13.96 17.68 16.47
	Second	3	16.33	16.87	16.41 16.33 20.19 16.97 17.22
	First	3	13.75	16.41	16.30 13.75 17.11 16.19 16.75
US Nationals 2011	First	105	15.03	18.36	18.31 17.15 15.03 22.05 19.61
Ohio Open 2011	Final	7	15.75	18.14	17.36 15.75 19.80 19.38 17.68
	Second	6	15.18	16.45	15.18 15.50 16.33 18.78 17.53
	First	5	14.65	17.20	16.40 18.59 16.61 19.77 14.65
UIndy Open 2011	Final	6	13.47	15.50	16.19 15.80 13.47 16.09 14.61
	Second	2	11.93	15.28	18.27 16.30 14.63 11.93 14.91
	First	8	15.55	16.89	16.33 16.00 19.00 18.34 15.55
Dayton Blind 2011	Final	3	12.83	14.53	13.63 12.83 16.75 14.96 15.00
	Second	5	13.86	16.01	17.22 20.91 15.25 15.55 13.86
	First	4	13.41	15.25	13.58 15.38 17.16 13.41 16.80
UIUC Spring 2011	Final	9	14.34	17.45	18.61 19.46 18.44 14.34 15.30
	Second	10	15.19	17.72	17.34 18.80 15.19 20.59 17.02
	First	7	14.68	16.69	14.68 17.71 15.47 16.88 18.09
Dayton Open 2010	Final	2	13.91	14.62	13.91 15.53 14.00 15.41 14.46
	Second	2	14.02	16.03	17.76 14.88 16.44 16.77 14.02
	First	4	16.03	16.88	21.21 17.00 16.11 16.03 17.52
DeVry Open 2010	Final	2	14.86	16.31	16.22 16.21 16.97 16.50 14.86
	First	2	15.68	16.09	15.68 15.77 16.47 16.02 18.06
US Nationals 2010	Second	47	15.11	16.03	15.83 15.11 17.08 15.18 17.63
	First	63	14.36	15.90	14.78 14.36 14.36 18.56 19.47
Cat and Mouse 2010	Final	1	11.43	13.98	13.09 32.63 11.43 13.78 15.08
	First	4	13.21	16.30	18.30 13.21 15.88 15.75 17.27
Battle of Lexington 2010	Final	2	13.80	14.41	14.09 13.80 15.25 DNF 13.88
	Second	3	14.97	16.33	15.71 18.25 15.69 14.97 17.59
	First	2	12.34	15.08	17.31 12.34 16.90 15.08 13.25
Ohio Open 2010	Final	4	15.63	16.48	16.72 DNF 15.63 16.58 16.15
	First	1	14.31	15.47	14.31 18.19 14.58 17.27 14.55
Carnegie Mellon Spring 2010	First	35	16.59	DNF	18.41 DNF DNF 17.30 16.59
Indiana Winter 2010	Final	5	14.69	17.03	15.43 23.38 14.69 15.44 20.22
	First	5	14.33	16.27	14.33 17.56 16.56 14.69 17.83
Chicago Open 2010	Final	11	15.21	18.16	18.66 20.36 19.16 16.66 15.21
	First	9	16.30	17.41	17.68 19.77 17.34 16.30 17.21
Carnegie Mellon Fall 2009	Final	11	13.36	17.70	16.34 18.52 18.94 13.36 18.25
	First	11	16.02	17.90	18.43 16.02 19.50 18.36 16.90
US Nationals 2009	Second	23	14.00	16.05	16.26 16.56 17.44 15.33 14.00
	First	26	14.80	15.70	15.53 14.88 16.68 14.80 16.96
Indiana Summer Open 2009	Final	4	13.88	17.10	18.55 17.34 17.36 13.88 16.61
	First	3	12.18	16.92	17.38 16.90 12.18 17.72 16.47
Motor City Open 2009	Final	2	14.33	14.92	15.80 15.38 14.43 14.96 14.33
	Second	4	13.91	16.38	13.91 15.43 18.81 17.61 16.09
	First	6	15.30	17.30	15.30 19.58 19.02 16.90 15.97
Ohio Open 2009	Final	3	14.19	15.34	16.66 14.19 18.08 14.30 15.06
	First	8	14.77	18.05	14.77 20.11 15.44 18.61 20.58
Indiana Winter Open 2008	Final	3	14.65	15.46	19.03 14.65 15.40 14.83 16.15
	First	4	13.81	17.03	19.05 20.36 17.38 13.81 14.66
Lexington Fall Open 2008	Final	2	13.18	15.25	17.59 13.18 14.21 13.94 18.22
	First	2	14.06	15.48	14.06 15.93 15.50 15.52 15.42
Cornell Spring 2008	Final	2	13.61	15.42	16.34 14.40 15.52 13.61 16.69
	First	4	15.66	17.33	20.69 15.66 16.46 15.86 19.68
EPGY California Open 2008	Final	11	15.28	17.50	15.28 16.53 DNF 19.41 16.56
	First	8	14.27	16.72	14.27 15.93 18.72 15.80 18.44
Caltech Winter 2007	Second	13	16.96	19.63	16.96 21.12 19.98 22.68 17.78
	First	10	16.49	18.36	20.41 16.49 20.64 16.54 18.12
Chattahoochee 2006	Final	7	22.11	27.12	29.72 26.63 22.11 29.28 25.44
	First	7	27.83	30.60	29.24 32.18 27.83 30.37 36.65

4x4 Cube
Competition	Round	Place	Best	Average	Result Details
New Albany 2013	Combined Final	28	1:40.96		1:40.96 2:11.40
Appalachia 2012	Final	10	1:31.02	1:37.03	1:45.31 DNF 1:31.56 1:34.22 1:31.02
	First	8	1:17.30	1:28.75	1:38.28 1:17.30 1:42.38 1:22.27 1:25.71
New Albany 2012	Combined Final	10	1:11.56	1:31.73	1:26.27 1:32.27 1:40.81 1:11.56 1:36.66
US Nationals 2010	Combined First	84	1:24.21	1:29.76	1:38.93 1:28.77 1:24.21 1:33.63 1:26.88
Cat and Mouse 2010	Combined Final	10	1:15.18	1:21.33	1:20.47 1:15.18 1:22.91 1:20.61 1:31.27
Battle of Lexington 2010	Combined Final	4	1:14.78	1:21.96	1:14.78 1:18.13 1:28.33 1:19.41 1:29.16
Carnegie Mellon Spring 2010	Combined Final	7	1:21.34	1:29.65	1:26.08 1:21.34 1:38.77 1:24.09 1:42.61
Indiana Winter 2010	Combined Final	9	1:16.34	1:25.66	1:22.84 1:23.61 1:30.52 1:16.34 1:41.71
Carnegie Mellon Fall 2009	Combined Final	12	1:15.72	1:21.33	1:27.75 1:16.06 1:34.91 1:15.72 1:20.18
US Nationals 2009	Qualification	14	1:24.19	1:32.22	1:29.09 1:24.19 1:42.38 1:45.09 1:25.18
Indiana Summer Open 2009	Combined Final	5	1:16.75	1:30.35	1:36.47 1:37.93 1:29.03 1:16.75 1:25.56
Motor City Open 2009	Combined Final	8	1:21.88	1:24.81	1:21.88 1:24.63 1:26.38 1:23.86 1:25.94
Cornell Spring 2008	Final	6	1:42.68	1:58.65	1:53.27 1:53.50 2:09.19 1:42.68 2:11.84
EPGY California Open 2008	Final	15	1:46.84	2:09.73	2:29.33 1:57.33 2:25.25 2:06.61 1:46.84

5x5 Cube
Competition	Round	Place	Best	Average	Result Details
Carnegie Mellon Spring 2010	Combined Final	11	3:40.53		3:44.41 3:40.53
Indiana Summer Open 2009	Combined Final	10	2:50.80	3:32.75	3:52.68 3:24.83 3:20.75 2:50.80 4:02.30
Motor City Open 2009	Combined Final	14	2:53.41		2:53.41 3:12.13

2x2 Cube
Competition	Round	Place	Best	Average	Result Details
New Albany 2013	Final	18	3.63	6.27	3.63 7.78 4.79 6.94 7.09
Dayton 2012	Final	6	4.90	7.24	7.55 6.72 4.90 8.21 7.46
	First	7	5.93	6.54	6.40 5.97 5.93 7.25 DNF
Appalachia 2012	Second	10	7.00	7.82	7.40 7.08 8.97 9.25 7.00
	First	10	6.50	7.89	10.44 6.50 6.71 6.52 10.50
US Nationals 2012	First	104	6.14	7.24	8.46 6.14 8.23 6.29 7.20
New Albany 2012	Final	11	6.06	6.57	8.36 6.43 6.97 6.30 6.06
Carnegie Mellon Spring 2012	Final	5	5.88	6.36	9.21 6.34 5.91 5.88 6.84
	First	6	5.59	6.09	6.40 5.61 5.59 6.69 6.27
Ohio Fall 2011	Final	8	6.27	6.76	6.27 8.47 7.33 6.33 6.61
	First	10	5.56	7.01	6.71 7.71 6.91 7.40 5.56
Dayton Fall 2011	Final	5	5.38	6.22	5.38 5.72 6.40 7.90 6.53
	Second	6	5.30	5.83	5.30 6.38 5.47 7.28 5.63
	First	8	5.22	6.56	5.22 6.46 6.06 8.27 7.16
Appalachia 2011	Final	5	4.78	6.56	6.90 8.83 7.38 4.78 5.40
	Second	6	6.34	7.32	6.96 6.96 6.34 8.90 8.03
	First	9	4.27	8.89	8.71 19.86 9.46 4.27 8.50
Ohio Open 2011	Final	11	5.58	6.72	6.53 6.58 5.58 7.05 11.30
	First	10	5.71	6.63	5.71 5.78 10.88 7.16 6.94
UIUC Spring 2011	Final	10	5.78	6.75	9.18 6.96 5.78 7.21 6.09
Dayton Open 2010	Final	8	5.05	7.33	6.19 8.34 7.50 8.31 5.05
	Second	8	6.71	8.09	7.94 6.71 6.94 9.40 DNF
	First	10	6.84	7.49	7.41 6.91 8.56 6.84 8.16
US Nationals 2010	First	54	6.05	6.21	6.34 6.08 6.96 6.05 6.21
Cat and Mouse 2010	Final	12	6.16	7.35	8.11 7.21 6.16 6.72 8.61
	First	12	3.44	7.13	6.75 9.53 6.69 3.44 7.96
Battle of Lexington 2010	Final	4	5.06	5.80	5.53 6.68 5.18 5.06 8.38
	Second	6	6.77	7.46	8.94 8.14 6.80 7.44 6.77
	First	7	5.63	7.86	DNF 5.63 8.38 6.56 8.63
Carnegie Mellon Spring 2010	Final	6	4.44	6.83	7.34 7.75 4.44 5.41 8.28
Indiana Winter 2010	Final	6	5.00	7.10	7.44 7.15 8.40 5.00 6.72
	First	7	6.16	7.30	6.27 8.56 8.93 7.08 6.16
Chicago Open 2010	Final	18	5.84	8.32	5.84 8.78 6.91 10.15 9.27
	First	14	7.27	8.66	8.88 9.83 9.52 7.59 7.27
Carnegie Mellon Fall 2009	Final	7	5.96	6.76	5.96 8.18 7.16 6.84 6.27
	First	7	3.72	7.15	5.96 DNF 3.72 7.65 7.83
Thankscubing 2009	Final	7	5.84	8.04	8.33 8.80 7.69 8.09 5.84
	First	4	6.33	6.91	10.11 6.33 6.77 6.44 7.53
US Nationals 2009	First	45	3.21	10.72	3.21 6.65 8.61 16.90 DNF
Indiana Summer Open 2009	Final	3	5.86	6.52	7.21 7.31 5.86 6.08 6.27
	First	8	7.06	8.75	9.75 11.08 8.11 7.06 8.40
Motor City Open 2009	First	13	7.78	9.80	7.78 10.68 14.90 10.05 8.68
Indiana Winter Open 2008	Final	3	6.96	7.86	7.97 8.02 8.65 6.96 7.59
	First	5	5.08	8.32	7.83 10.15 9.80 7.34 5.08
Lexington Fall Open 2008	Final	5	7.38	8.94	9.65 7.38 8.41 8.83 9.58
	First	6	8.61	10.65	10.19 10.05 11.72 12.21 8.61
Cincinnati Summer Open 2008	Final	2	5.71	7.21	6.02 5.71 7.75 10.63 7.86

Rubik's Cube: Blindfolded
Competition	Round	Place	Best	Average	Result Details
Indiana Summer Open 2009	Final	7	DNF		DNF DNF DNS
Indiana Winter Open 2008	Final	5	DNF		DNF DNF DNS
Cincinnati Summer Open 2008	Final	5	5:29.65		DNF 6:33.75 5:29.65

Rubik's Cube: One-handed
Competition	Round	Place	Best	Average	Result Details
New Albany 2013	Final	13	29.79	34.08	1:01.83 29.79 31.61 34.77 35.85
	First	13	31.26	33.15	31.26 34.24 32.80 32.41 39.34
Dayton 2012	Final	6	31.59	34.35	38.08 31.59 40.65 32.58 32.38
	Second	7	30.72	36.27	30.72 40.53 33.97 39.00 35.83
	First	7	32.41	37.19	33.09 37.91 50.38 40.58 32.41
US Nationals 2012	Combined First	108	30.36	34.61	34.07 32.02 37.75 30.36 39.73
New Albany 2012	Final	8	35.91	38.10	40.96 37.03 37.97 39.31 35.91
	First	7	28.28	33.00	38.58 28.28 35.97 31.55 31.47
Carnegie Mellon Spring 2012	Final	7	28.97	35.57	31.28 40.84 1:02.94 28.97 34.59
	Combined First	8	25.25	39.35	35.52 50.03 25.25 33.56 48.96
Ohio Fall 2011	Final	7	33.30	36.93	38.11 36.05 39.66 33.30 36.63
	First	6	31.30	35.82	37.16 31.30 34.68 39.77 35.63
Dayton Fall 2011	Final	5	26.77	32.84	32.38 26.77 36.21 31.96 34.19
	First	5	31.44	34.86	32.33 39.15 31.44 36.33 35.93
Ohio Open 2011	Final	5	28.19	33.45	32.09 28.19 37.71 36.13 32.13
	First	4	27.72	30.98	44.02 27.72 29.09 32.19 31.65
Dayton Blind 2011	Final	5	30.34	33.12	37.09 30.34 32.84 31.00 35.52
UIUC Spring 2011	Final	4	26.43	32.38	51.21 31.50 26.43 32.27 33.36
Dayton Open 2010	Final	3	24.71	29.95	24.71 31.27 28.75 DNF 29.83
	First	3	30.15	32.54	33.16 31.13 37.31 30.15 33.34
DeVry Open 2010	Final	3	28.18	48.61	29.53 DNF 1:23.68 32.63 28.18
US Nationals 2010	First	65	32.50	36.90	38.55 32.50 36.30 41.77 35.86
Cat and Mouse 2010	Final	2	27.08	28.76	38.61 27.08 30.06 27.90 28.33
	First	4	26.80	32.81	28.78 37.06 32.59 40.02 26.80
Ohio Open 2010	Final	6	26.33	33.92	31.71 26.33 38.21 31.84 38.36
Carnegie Mellon Spring 2010	Final	3	26.78	28.36	29.52 32.25 28.21 27.34 26.78
	First	7	30.25	35.82	34.18 DNF 30.25 38.46 34.81
Indiana Winter 2010	Combined Final	4	27.97	31.38	27.97 35.15 36.18 30.75 28.25
Chicago Open 2010	Final	11	35.69	37.94	38.56 38.66 38.61 36.66 35.69
Carnegie Mellon Fall 2009	Combined Final	8	27.81	33.64	38.53 27.81 31.65 36.46 32.81
US Nationals 2009	First	18	23.55	27.20	25.78 23.55 27.65 35.18 28.16
Indiana Summer Open 2009	Final	4	25.47	33.88	25.47 40.43 32.00 40.18 29.46
Motor City Open 2009	Final	3	24.71	27.51	24.71 29.65 27.94 28.86 25.72
	First	3	22.93	29.09	22.93 43.71 28.40 31.94 26.93
Indiana Winter Open 2008	Final	3	24.56	32.35	36.02 24.56 30.53 33.63 32.90
Lexington Fall Open 2008	Final	2	24.77	29.94	31.44 29.41 30.06 24.77 30.34
Cincinnati Spring Open 2008	Final	3	23.20	29.69	23.20 39.75 31.86 28.81 28.40
Cornell Spring 2008	Final	3	28.78	32.58	28.78 32.44 34.28 32.97 32.33
EPGY California Open 2008	Final	11	33.55	37.05	38.43 39.36 33.55 36.65 36.08
Caltech Winter 2007	Final	10	33.43	39.56	41.19 39.97 37.53 33.43 1:03.37
	First	9	33.29	38.63	38.15 33.29 42.41 38.52 39.21
Chattahoochee 2006	Final	4	1:18.63	1:30.37	1:42.58 1:39.51 1:25.28 1:26.31 1:18.63

Rubik's Cube: Fewest moves
Competition	Round	Place	Best	Average	Result Details
US Nationals 2011	Final	36	45		59 45
US Nationals 2010	Final	15	34		DNF 34
Indiana Winter 2010	Final	2	39		39

Pyraminx
Competition	Round	Place	Best	Average	Result Details
New Albany 2013	Final	17	6.63	13.07	6.63 19.09 9.69 13.77 15.74
Carnegie Mellon Spring 2013	Combined Final	12	11.47	17.13	11.47 42.49 18.14 18.07 15.19
Appalachia 2012	Final	8	14.71	16.15	16.56 17.91 17.02 14.71 14.86
Appalachia 2011	Final	7	10.59	17.07	24.34 10.59 12.38 16.91 21.93
US Nationals 2011	Combined First	59	12.25	19.27	12.25 57.30 17.23 27.40 13.17
Dayton Open 2010	Final	10	8.16	15.91	36.30 17.00 11.30 19.43 8.16
US Nationals 2010	First	57	11.91	14.76	13.47 12.41 19.81 11.91 18.40
Battle of Lexington 2010	Final	1	11.19	12.84	16.31 12.65 11.19 12.41 13.47
Indiana Winter 2010	Final	10	11.33	15.13	14.00 16.52 14.88 21.69 11.33
Chicago Open 2010	Final	14	12.30	18.81	30.46 19.27 15.84 12.30 21.31
US Nationals 2009	First	26	11.89	15.72	18.46 15.68 13.02 11.89 21.84
	Qualification	6	9.72	13.30	16.72 12.47 11.68 15.75 9.72
Ohio Open 2009	Final	3	12.00	14.51	16.30 13.46 12.00 13.77 18.88

Rubik's Clock
Competition	Round	Place	Best	Average	Result Details
Carnegie Mellon Spring 2013	Final	6	32.65	41.30	39.04 45.48 32.65 39.55 45.30
	First	6	37.33	42.41	37.33 42.37 44.19 40.67 DNF

Rubik's Magic
Competition	Round	Place	Best	Average	Result Details
US Nationals 2012	First	45	1.58	2.33	1.58 3.12 2.50 2.63 1.87
New Albany 2012	Final	9	1.41	2.11	1.55 2.61 1.41 5.11 2.18
Carnegie Mellon Spring 2012	Final	1	1.43	1.64	1.65 1.69 1.59 1.43 3.41
Ohio Fall 2011	Final	4	1.36	1.85	2.90 2.09 1.43 2.02 1.36
Dayton Fall 2011	Final	2	1.41	1.76	1.50 3.88 2.27 1.41 1.52
Appalachia 2011	Final	3	1.52	1.75	1.63 1.80 1.52 4.08 1.81
US Nationals 2011	First	59	1.49	2.84	4.03 2.24 2.24 4.84 1.49
Ohio Open 2011	First	14	1.40	DNF	DNF 1.83 1.58 1.40 DNF
UIndy Open 2011	Final	1	1.38	1.55	2.21 1.44 1.38 1.83 1.38
Dayton Blind 2011	Final	7	1.53	2.54	4.40 1.66 1.53 1.56 5.34
UIUC Spring 2011	Final	5	1.36	1.70	1.65 1.94 1.52 1.36 3.59
Dayton Open 2010	Final	3	1.47	2.09	3.46 1.56 1.47 3.11 1.61
DeVry Open 2010	Final	1	1.33	1.46	1.33 3.44 1.46 1.50 1.41
	First	5	1.30	2.27	2.90 2.15 1.30 DNF 1.75
US Nationals 2010	First	91	1.30	DNF	1.81 DNF 1.30 1.31 DNF
Battle of Lexington 2010	Final	1	1.28	1.60	1.97 1.28 5.77 1.36 1.46
Ohio Open 2010	Final	6	1.72	2.27	1.72 2.56 2.09 4.56 2.15