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Edward Vakula

Pyraminx · top 0.36% of 129,321 all-time · competing since December 2013 · 2013VAKU01

Edward Vakula has been competing for 13 years. His best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 1.45, set at Concordia Turning 2022, puts him in the top 0.36% of the 129,321 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 120th in the United States. Until March 2013, no official Pyraminx solve in the world had been that fast. Across 57 competitions since December 2013, he has put 3,276 official solves on the record across 16 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, steadier than 60% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 17.22 in December 2013 to 6.26, a 64% improvement. Edward has entered 57 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.

Pyraminx
best event — top 0.36% of 129,321 all-time
1.45
signature single · Concordia Turning 2022
3,276
official solves on the record
13%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 60% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
Pyraminx1.453.32
top 0.36%120 / 28,708
2×20.931.94
top 0.43%182 / 40,951
3×36.268.49
top 0.65%435 / 59,724
Skewb1.953.64
top 1.3%194 / 18,907
3×3 one-handed10.5314.41
top 1.4%226 / 15,683
Clock3.714.69
top 1.8%159 / 8,927
4×428.0636.39
top 1.8%302 / 19,072
Square-18.0611.03
top 3.1%227 / 6,743
Megaminx50.7859.83
top 5.4%386 / 7,841
5×51:05.371:13.98
top 8.6%671 / 9,401
6×62:14.112:24.51
top 17.4%613 / 4,196
3×3 Fewest Moves31 moves33.67
top 17.4%385 / 2,040
7×73:35.763:45.86
top 21.8%621 / 3,184
3×3 blindfolded2:06.253:49.69
top 35.5%736 / 2,092
3×3 Multi-Blind2 of 2 cubes · 14:16—
early days — 2 solves517 / 731
4×4 blindfolded22:51.00—
early days — 2 solves409 / 440

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

UIUC Fall 2013: 17.22Dixon Spring 2014: 20.18Iowa Corn Lovers 2014: 13.20US Nationals 2014: 14.56Wiscube 2014: 14.99Lawrence Open 2014: 13.38Lawrence Spring 2015: 10.65Indiana 2015: 11.48Wiscube 2nd Edition 2015: 10.38Music City Winter 2016: 9.18KCubing Spring 2016: 9.97Indiana 2016: 8.71KCubing Summer 2016: 9.85SCC Summer 2017: 7.84CubingUSA Nationals 2017: 9.89Music City Fall 2017: 8.89St. Boois 2017: 8.75Dixon Winter 2017: 8.25SCC Winter 2018: 8.76Gateway Ravioli Spring 2018: 8.26UIUC Spring 2018: 8.87Indianapolis Fall 2018: 7.51Cubing Peoria 2019: 7.93CubingUSA Nationals 2019: 7.08UIUC Fall 2019: 8.06Cubing Peoria 2020: 7.62CubingUSA Heartland Championship 2022: 8.94Cashew Cubing 2022: 7.67UIUC Fall 2022: 7.40Concordia Turning 2022: 7.50Springfield Winter Open 2023: 8.22UIUC Spring 2023: 7.58Cubing for Autism Missouri 2023: 6.26CubingUSA Heartland Championship 2023: 7.67CubingUSA Nationals 2023: 7.97Concordia Turning Fall 2023: 8.19CoMO Cubing Winter 2024: 7.20Concordia Turning Spring 2024: 6.94UIUC Big Cubes Spring 2024: 7.24Land of Lincoln 2024: 7.88Missouri Championship 2024: 8.06Indiana Championship 2024: 8.29Concordia Turning Fall 2024: 6.83Minxing in Memphis 2025: 7.68UIUC Side Events Spring 2025: 7.76St. Louis Spring 2025: 7.43Doing Time in Leavenworth 2025: 7.74Kansas Championship 2025: 7.41Rubik's WCA World Championship 2025: 8.62CubingUSA Great Lakes Championship 2025: 7.64Concordia Turning Winter 2026: 7.99Missouri Championship 2026: 6.914x4 Off US-40 IL 2026: 8.006.2620.187 Dec 201329 Aug 2026

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-1 Pyraminx single — 49 people have one; it is 0.45 away.
  • A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 0.26 away.

Targets move as he improves.