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Dylan Zilifian

Pyraminx · top 7.5% of 129,321 all-time · competing since December 2014 · 2014ZILI01

Dylan Zilifian has been competing for 12 years. His best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 3.96, set at Melrose Spring 2015, puts him in the top 7.5% of the 129,321 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,903rd in the United States. Until February 2008, no official Pyraminx solve in the world had been that fast. Across 11 competitions since December 2014, he has put 139 official solves on the record across three events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 10% around a typical one, steadier than 98% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 53.51 in December 2014 to 24.25, a 55% improvement. Dylan has entered eleven competitions, more competitions than 93% of everyone who has ever competed.

Pyraminx
best event — top 7.5% of 129,321 all-time
3.96
signature single · Melrose Spring 2015
139
official solves on the record
10%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 98% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
Pyraminx3.9612.41
top 7.5%1,903 / 28,708
3×324.2528.27
top 50.9%29,739 / 59,724
Skewb11.5717.74
top 63.9%11,852 / 18,907

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

MIT Fall 2014: 53.51Lexington Spring 2015: 36.21MIT Spring 2015: 28.83Melrose Spring 2015: 31.02Phillips Exeter Cube Day 2015: 26.35New Hampshire Open 2016: 28.79Maine Cubing 2016: 27.62Northeastern Spring 2016: 26.98South Berwick Open 2016: 24.25Framingham Frozen Fingers 2018: 29.42BU Spring 2018: 27.9524.2553.516 Dec 201412 May 2018

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-3 Pyraminx single — 4,700 people have one; it is 0.96 away.
  • A sub-20 3×3 single — 113,584 people have one; it is 4.25 away.

Targets move as he improves.