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Andrey Barakin

Pyraminx · top 9.6% of 129,321 all-time · competing since March 2015 · 2015BARA04

Andrey Barakin has been competing for 12 years. His best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 4.39, set at CCC Open Moscow 2019, puts him in the top 9.6% of the 129,321 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 270th in Russia. Until September 2006, no official Pyraminx solve in the world had been that fast. Across 9 competitions since March 2015, he has put 233 official solves on the record across nine events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 22% around a typical one, an early reading from 9 counted rounds. His 2×2 best has come down from 4.98 in August 2015 to 4.20, a 16% improvement. Andrey has entered nine competitions, more competitions than 91% of everyone who has ever competed.

Pyraminx
best event — top 9.6% of 129,321 all-time
4.39
signature single · CCC Open Moscow 2019
233
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingRussia
Pyraminx4.397.11
top 9.6%270 / 3,777
Skewb5.198.67
top 19.6%303 / 2,264
3×315.0519.24
top 24.6%1,240 / 6,475
2×24.205.11
top 29.1%1,141 / 4,782
4×41:04.871:07.62
top 41.6%703 / 2,080
Square-127.5342.70
top 44.6%257 / 759
3×3 one-handed35.5844.79
top 58.3%988 / 1,770
5×52:23.94
top 63.0%542 / 941
3×3 Fewest Moves56 moves
early days — 3 solves337 / 366

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

CCC End of Summer 2015: 4.98Moscow South-West Open 2015: 4.93MPEI Open 2015: 5.59CCC Spring Open 2016: 4.20CCC Summer Open 2016: 4.80MPEI Open 2016: 5.04To The Moon 2017: 4.98CCC Open Moscow 2019: 5.264.205.5928 Aug 201513 Apr 2019

Best single per competition, 2×2. 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-4 Pyraminx single — 9,892 people have one; it is 0.39 away.
  • A sub-5 Skewb single — 13,285 people have one; it is 0.19 away.

Targets move as he improves.