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Efrem Blitz

Pyraminx · top 1.2% of 129,321 all-time · competing since February 2015 · 2015BLIT01

Efrem Blitz has been competing for 12 years. His best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 2.05, set at Bay Area Speedcubin' 12 2018, puts him in the top 1.2% of the 129,321 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 337th in the United States. Until July 2011, no official Pyraminx solve in the world had been that fast. Across 32 competitions since February 2015, he has put 1,032 official solves on the record across eleven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 76% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 21.09 in February 2015 to 7.91, a 62% improvement. Efrem has entered 32 competitions, more competitions than 98% of everyone who has ever competed.

Pyraminx
best event — top 1.2% of 129,321 all-time
2.05
signature single · Bay Area Speedcubin' 12 2018
1,032
official solves on the record
12%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 76% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
Pyraminx2.053.42
top 1.2%337 / 28,708
3×37.919.68
top 2.6%1,523 / 59,724
3×3 one-handed12.3020.40
top 3.4%515 / 15,683
Skewb3.075.07
top 5.3%822 / 18,907
4×436.7642.30
top 8.4%1,270 / 19,072
2×22.553.31
top 9.4%3,709 / 40,951
Square-111.8815.32
top 9.6%678 / 6,743
Megaminx1:14.641:22.71
top 18.4%1,254 / 7,841
5×51:26.711:37.18
top 24.7%1,919 / 9,401
Clock13.7516.52
top 42.8%3,437 / 8,927
6×63:09.363:37.32
top 45.3%1,675 / 4,196

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

BASC 5: Everything But 2x2 2015: 21.09Berkeley Spring 2015: 24.97BASC 6 2015: 18.96BASC 7 2015: 17.45Berkeley Summer 2015: 16.15Hayward Rubik's Rumble 2015: 13.94Berkeley Fall 2015: 13.28Bay Area Speedcubin' 8 2016: 13.85Berkeley Winter 2016: 13.97Berkeley Spring 2016: 11.21Bay Area Speedcubin' 9 2016: 12.74US Nationals 2016: 13.08Berkeley Summer 2016: 9.09Hayward Rubik's Rumble 2016: 9.76Berkeley Fall 2016: 10.69Armin Open 2017: 9.63Berkeley Winter 2017: 9.43SacCubing I 2017: 10.26San Ramon 2017: 9.16Berkeley Summer 2017: 10.30San Francisco Bay Open 2017: 8.92San Ramon Cubed 2017: 9.92Berkeley Fall 2017: 8.95SacCubing III 2018: 9.05Berkeley Winter 2018: 9.85Berkeley Spring 2018: 8.58SacCubing IV 2018: 7.91CubingUSA Western Championship 2018: 9.25CubingUSA Nationals 2018: 9.11Bay Area Speedcubin' 12 2018: 8.73Bay Area Speedcubin' 13 2019: 9.00Berkeley Spring 2019: 9.507.9124.9728 Feb 201521 Apr 2019

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.

  • Paul Mahvi — met in 180 rounds, finished ahead 44 times
  • Riley Woo — met in 158 rounds, finished ahead 43 times
  • Tyler Howlett — met in 154 rounds, finished ahead 43 times

Next targets

  • A sub-2 Pyraminx single — 1,476 people have one; it is 0.05 away.
  • A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 1.91 away.

Targets move as he improves.