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David Chinyani

Pyraminx · top 8.7% of 129,321 all-time · competing since February 2022 · 2022CHIN02

David Chinyani has been competing for 5 years. His best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 4.21, set at Puzzling Porirua 2022, puts him in the top 8.7% of the 129,321 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 136th in New Zealand. Until September 2006, no official Pyraminx solve in the world had been that fast. Across 2 competitions since February 2022, he has put 42 official solves on the record across five events. His Pyraminx best has come down from 6.50 in February 2022 to 4.21, a 35% improvement. David has entered two competitions.

Pyraminx
best event — top 8.7% of 129,321 all-time
4.21
signature single · Puzzling Porirua 2022
42
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingNew Zealand
Pyraminx4.215.66
top 8.7%136 / 1,141
3×312.3115.70
top 15.0%302 / 2,095
3×3 one-handed27.0233.56
top 39.4%212 / 600
2×25.237.81
top 42.2%721 / 1,615
4×42:08.23
early days — 2 solves614 / 722

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

Palmerston North 2022: 6.50Puzzling Porirua 2022: 4.214.216.5019 Feb 202211 Jun 2022

Best single per competition, Pyraminx. 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 0.21 away.
  • A sub-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 0.31 away.

Targets move as he improves.