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Ekaterina Makhova

Skewb · top 4.8% of 73,281 all-time · competing since June 2017 · 2017MAKH01

Ekaterina Makhova has been competing for 9 years. Her best event is the Skewb: a personal-best single of 2.95, set at Crystal Open 2018, puts her in the top 4.8% of the 73,281 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 56th in Russia. Until February 2014, no official Skewb solve in the world had been that fast. Across 12 competitions since June 2017, she has put 331 official solves on the record across nine events. Solve to solve, her 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one; 51% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. Her Skewb best has come down from 8.95 in June 2017 to 2.95, a 67% improvement. Ekaterina has entered twelve competitions, more competitions than 94% of everyone who has ever competed.

Skewb
best event — top 4.8% of 73,281 all-time
2.95
signature single · Crystal Open 2018
331
official solves on the record
13%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 51% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingRussia
Skewb2.955.61
top 4.8%56 / 2,264
Pyraminx4.358.24
top 9.4%262 / 3,777
2×22.904.90
top 13.1%455 / 4,782
3×313.5715.71
top 19.5%934 / 6,475
3×3 one-handed21.0428.38
top 23.3%370 / 1,770
4×41:05.111:09.09
top 41.9%708 / 2,080
Clock16.9322.06
top 55.2%305 / 714
5×52:39.16
early days — 3 solves608 / 941
Megaminx3:14.14
early days — 2 solves671 / 998

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

Ramenskoe Open 2017: 8.95MPEI Open 2017: 9.93Moscow Winter Cubing 2018: 7.25HSE Open 2018: 6.05YJ Fest 2018: 4.38Svetlye Gory Open 2018: 6.71Crystal Open 2018: 2.95MPEI Open 2018: 6.48CCC Open Moscow 2019: 4.66YJ Fest Moscow 2019: 4.81Ramenskoe Open 2019: 4.722.959.9324 Jun 201714 Sep 2019

Best single per competition, Skewb. 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 her.

Next targets

  • A sub-2 Skewb single — 1,013 people have one; it is 0.95 away.
  • A sub-4 Pyraminx single — 9,892 people have one; it is 0.35 away.

Targets move as she improves.