How well do you know your competition PBs?

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Inspired by the thread How well do you know the WRs?.

How many digits of your comp PBs can you write down successfully from memory? If you forgot that you had official results in an event, count it as zero out of the number of digits in the result.

Here's how I did:
3x3: 10.65/12.15 (8/8)
4x4: 47.51/58.79 (8/8)
2x2: 2.60/3.70 (6/6)
BLD: 1:40.57/4:03.11 (8/10)
OH: 20.71/22.98 (7/8)
FMC: 27/30.67 (6/6)
Pyra: 4.74/6.94 (4/6)
SQ-1: 30.07/45.85 (8/8)
Skewb: 6.98/7.45 (6/6)
MBLD: 12/13 in 53:37 (8/8)

69/74 = 93.24%
 
Alright, let me do this:
2x2: 1.07/3.69
3x3: 6.05/8.07
4x4: 28.55/35.46
5x5: 1:04.46/1:11.12
6x6: 2:20.15/2:34.18
7x7: 3:23.86/3:33.34
OH: 9.67/12.55
FMC: 29/31.33
Skewb: 3.73/4.67
BLD: 2:50.13
Pyraminx: 4.23/7.15
Megaminx: 1:21.46/1:37.33
Square-1: 1:01.85

73/95 ~ 76.84%, not bad. Worst was 6x6, I didn't even get the second right.
 
3x3: 7.97 10.57 [8/8]
4x4 42.32 52.47 [3/8] odeeer
5x5 1:37.69 1:47.27 [4/10]
2x2 1.92 2.70 [8/8]
6x6 4:36.91 [2/5]
7x7 7:47.82 [1/5] lol
Pyra 2.49 3.86 [6/6]
Skewb 3.14 4.08 [6/6]
Mega 1:54.21 1:56.38 [6/10]
Square-1 18.57 25.32 [4/8]
Clock 13.78 16.25 [4/8]
OH 13.35 19.75 [6/8]
Feet 1:47.44 2:07.32 [3/10]
FMC 44 [2/2]
3BLD 3:07.33 [3/5]
4BLD DNF [1/1]
MBLD DNF [1/1]

68/109 x100
=62.39%
 
2x2: 1.43/3.46 (6/6)
3x3: 8.98/10.63 (7/7)
4x4: 38.45/45.00 (7/8)
5x5: 1:18.75/1:30.43 (10/10)
6x6: 2:58.97/3:06.93 (4/10)
7x7: 4:15.44/4:36.63 (6/10)
sq1: 9.43/14.45 (7/7)
pyra: 4.05/6.73 (4/6)
mega: 1:15.27/1:26.97 (7/10)
clock: 10.54/14.58 (8/8)
skewb: 3.93/6.09 (5/6)
oh: 13.06/16.90 (6/8)
fmc: 23/28.00 (6/6)
ft: 2:08.88/2:43.66 (7/10)
3bld: 1:14.93/1:36.97 (7/10)
4bld: 13:24 (4/4)
5bld: DNF (1/1)
mbld: 7/9 53:09 (3/6)

105/133 ~ 78.95%. I generally under-predicted - the biggest mistake I made was thinking I was sub-3 single on 6x6 :P I was waffling for a while (couldn't remember - I remember being stuck at sup-3 single for a long time), so went with 2:58.97 instead of 3:00.97 - which cost me 3 digits :P

Surprisingly fairly consistent that I guessed at least 1 digit correctly in the seconds, if I couldn't remember them. Also, unsurprising that I remembered more recent PBs than old ones, and that I remembered averages more than singles (I ran a lot of KinchRanks calculations on my own, so I remember my averages a bit better).
 
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2x2: 2.20/2.99
3x3: 9.18/10.57
4x4: 37.22/41.90
5x5: 1:30.72/1:35.81
6x6: 3:41.87/3:47.81
OH: 19.78/27.18
Pyraminx: 4.64/5.98
Megaminx: 1:17.98/1:27.64
Skewb: 5.04/7.29

9/18 or 50%. To be fair, I only missed the milliseconds for all the ones I missed :p

EDIT: I'm pretty sure I did this wrong
 
3x3: 12.8x/16.90
12.89/16.90 = 7/8
4x4: 1:04.xx/1:14.xx
1:05.41/1:14.22 = 5/10
5x5: 2:45.xx
2:39.40 = 1/5
2x2: 3.xx/5.97
3.23/5.97 = 5/6
OH: 38.xx/42.xx
38.23/40.90 = 3/8
Pyra: 4.xx/6.xx
5.70/6.98 = 1/6
Mega: 1:45.xx/1:51.xx
1:45.32/1:52.02 = 5/10
Sq1: 15.17/19.45
8/8 gr8 m8
Skewb: 5.xx/8.xx
6.27/8.39 = 1/6

36/67 = 53% meh
 
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3x3: 9.78/12.29 // 5/7
4x4: 44.95/49.50 // 1/8
5x5: 2:02.67/2:05.36 // 5/10
2x2: 3.34/4.56 // 1/6
3OH: 19.95/24.46 // 3/8
3BLD: 1:29.87/DNF // 2/5
3WF: DNF // 0/0
6x6: 4:29.82/5:28.64 // 1/10
Mega: 2:31.38 // 2/5
Pyra: 7.31/11.28 // 1/7
Square-1: 38.27/44.82 // 2/8
4BLD: DNF // 0/0
MBLD: 5/9 48:21 // 3/6
Skewb: forgot to guess, 0/6

Total: 25/86 = 29%. Could've been worse, but saved by a few lucky guesses in some of the decimals.
 
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okay, but I have a lot of comp results :P
3x3: 16.85/19.29 (8/8)
4x4: 1:18.65/1:37.58 (8/10)
5x5: 2:22.45 (3/5)
6x6: 5:01.14 (5/5)
2x2: 2.60/5.04 (6/6)
Pyra: 5.74/7.22 (6/6)
Mega: 2:07.51/2:23.65 (8/10)
Skewb: 6.50/8.44 (6/6)
SQ1: 59.97 (4/4)
Clock: 15.90 (4/4)
OH: 45.89/1:19.69 (9/9)
I think that's it.
68/72. 94.44%, I think that's the best (legit) one on this thread. :P
 
2x2: 1.73/3.66 (4/6)
3x3: 10.07/11.88 (6/8)
4x4:47.93/52.83 (5/8)
5x5: 1:42.53/1:57.86 (7/10)
3x3WF: 2:53.92 (3/5)
Mega: 1:53.47/2:11.42 (6/10)
3x3OH: 22.41/28.53 (4/8)
SQ1: 24.63/35.21 (2/8)
Skewb: 2.25/4.30 (8/8)
Pyra: 3.39/4.86 (4/6)
FMC: 50 (2/2)
Clock: 11.38/13.16 (6/8)


57/86 66.27% Eh
 
2x2: 3.75, 6.74 (5/6)
3x3: 19.79, 25.46 (6/8)
4x4: 1:23.42 (4/5)
5x5: 4:35.67 (2/5)
OH: 38.76, 48.99 (3/8)
Feet: 4:06.34 (2/5)
Mega: 4:37.23 (3/5)
Pyra: 9.34, 12.45 (2/7)
FMC: 34, 36.67 (6/6)
Bld: 5:04.23 (1/5)
MultiBld: 3/3, 25:32 (4/6)
Square1: 1:45.23 (2/5)
Skewb: 12.23, 18.76 (4/8)
Clock: 25.43, 26.76 (3/8)

47 / 87 54% oh dear...
 
My guesses

2x2: 0.97/1.55
3x3: 5.91/7.91
4x4: 30.61/35.61
5x5: 1:06.25/1:13.87
6x6: 2:11.26/2:22.08
7x7: 3:40.64/3:52.29
OH: 10.86/13.57
Pyra: 2.50/3.62
Mega: 58.24/1:05.85
Sq1: 13.33/16.10
Clock: 8.10/10.86
Skewb: 2.52/3.10
FMC: 28/30.3
Feet: 1:20.37/1:32.32
BLD: 3:29.42

If I counted right, 96/114 = ~84%. Pretty good considering I only lost points on decimals. Also glad I got 9 events completely right!
 
2x2: 1.21/4.67 (6/6)
3x3: 13.53/15.93 (8/8)
4x4: 1:05.55/1:09.74 (9/10)
5x5: 2:52.55/3:18.55 (5/10)
OH: 36.55/46.90 (4/8)
Pyra: 7.58/11.04 (7/7)
Sq1: 35.29/57.90 (3/8)
Skewb: 8.58/12.18 (5/7)
3BLD: 56.76/1:19.23 (7/9)
4BLD: 4:49.55 (3/5)
5BLD: 24:10 (4/4)
MBLD: 18/21, 57:55 (8/8)

69/90 = 76.66...%. That seems okay.
 
ok

2x2 - 2.78/4.09 (5/6)
3x3 - 10.65/13.84 (8/8)
4x4 - 52.61/58.41 (4/8)
5x5 - 1:37.65/1:52.45 (7/10)
OH - 31.46/38.43 (4/8)
feet - 1:56.11/2:11.83 (5/10)
FMC - 25/32.33 (6/6)
3BLD - 42.75/1:00.56 (8/9)
4BLD - 2:28.57 lolNAR (5/5)
5BLD - 6:26.89 lolNAR (5/5)
MBLD - 17/17 in 40:48 (8/8)
skewb - 2.97/3.66 (6/6)
pyra - 5.91/8.13 (6/6)
mega - 2:21.47/2:27.68 (5/10)
square-1 - 21.15/30.51 (7/8)
clock - 9.90/12.68 (6/7)

95/120 = 79.2%

really close to what I got for the WR one
 
Guesses:
2x2: 3.39/4.18 Correct 6/6 = 6/6
3x3: 11.86/12.10 Correct 8/8 = 14/14
4x4: 1:01.11/1:11.07 Correct 10/10 = 24/24
5x5: 2:25.00/2:36.57 2:25.00/2:36.14 8/10 = 32/34
6x6: 7:15.63 7:15.26 3/5 = 35/39
Pyr: 6.25/7.46 6.34/7.43 3/6 = 38/44
Skw: 8.65/12.74 8.74/12.74 5/7 = 43/51
OnH: 44.13/44.43 Correct 8/8 = 51/59
Mmx: 4:21.19 4:19.71 1/5 = 52/64
52/64 = 81.25% B-
If you count by number of digits guessed correctly, regardless of order...
56/64 = 87.50% B+
What if you go by 1-(|guess-actual|/actual)?
2x2: 3.39/4.18 Correct 100% = 100.00%
3x3: 11.86/12.10 Correct 100% = 100.00%
4x4: 1:01.11/1:11.07 Correct 100% = 100.00%
5x5: 2:25.00/2:36.57 2:25.00/2:36.14 100% = 99.97%
6x6: 7:15.63 7:15.26 100% = 99.96%
Pyr: 6.25/7.46 6.34/7.43 99% = 99.80%
Skw: 8.65/12.74 8.74/12.74 99% = 99.75%
OnH: 44.13/44.43 Correct 100% = 99.79%
Mmx: 4:21.19 4:19.71 99% = 99.76%
99.76% = A+
No one is nearly as bad at this as they pretend they are. It isn't the digits that matter, it is the precision of the digits. Let's say an engineer is designing something. It involves a circle, and therefore pi. (Or tau, but he's an engineer so he uses pi.) The pi button on his calculator is faulty, the manufacturers of the calculator programmed in pi wrong. Which would more likely make whatever the design was not work?
pi=3.941592653589793238462643383279502884197169 or
pi=3.141592653589793238462643383279502884197969?
"It's the same in both cases, a 1 is changed to a 9" -someone who doesn't understand math

Not saying that this isn't interesting, but keep in mind that your times that you remember are probably pretty close.

Edit: Chances are I entered a number wrong, because it is a big calculation. Same point still applies though, regardless of exactly what my score was by my method.
 
2x2: 1.58/ 3.58 (6/6)
3x3: 9.18/ 11.06 (7/7)
4x4: 38.98/ 43.xx (5/8)
5x5: 1:14.xx/ 1:24.10 (5/10)
6x6: 2:11.xx/ 2:22.xx (5/10)
7x7: 3:04.54/ 3:22.xx (6/10)
OH: 15.25/ 19.86 (6/8)
FMC: 25 (2/2)
WF: 1:3x.xx/ 1:3x.xx (3/10)
BLD: 1:48.xx/ 2:11.xx (5/10)
Pyra: 3.57/ 5.18 (4/6)
Skoob: 3.25/ 4.95 (6/6)
Square: 14.xx/ 20.41 (5/8)
Clock: 7.53/ 8.xx (4/6)
Megaminx: 1:14.xx/ 1:19.xx (6/10)
4BLD: 22:xx.00 (6/10)
5BLD: 43.xx.00 (6/10)
MBLD: 2/2 18:54 (4/6)

91/143=63%
I don't care about the decimals if the event takes longer than 15 seconds
 
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