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Erdnya Badmaev (Эрдня Бадмаев)

Pyraminx · top 9.3% of 129,321 all-time · competing since April 2018 · 2018BADM01

Erdnya Badmaev (Эрдня Бадмаев) has been competing for 8 years. His best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 4.32, set at CCC Kalmykia 2018, puts him in the top 9.3% of the 129,321 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 250th in Russia. Until September 2006, no official Pyraminx solve in the world had been that fast. Across 6 competitions since April 2018, he has put 238 official solves on the record across eight events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one; 79% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 17.18 in April 2018 to 11.26, a 34% improvement. Erdnya has entered six competitions, more competitions than 86% of everyone who has ever competed.

Pyraminx
best event — top 9.3% of 129,321 all-time
4.32
signature single · CCC Kalmykia 2018
238
official solves on the record
15%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 79% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingRussia
Pyraminx4.326.48
top 9.3%250 / 3,777
3×311.2614.81
top 11.3%481 / 6,475
2×22.804.57
top 12.0%410 / 4,782
Skewb6.327.71
top 28.3%455 / 2,264
4×41:00.141:10.02
top 36.6%608 / 2,080
Clock12.7814.86
top 38.7%193 / 714
3×3 one-handed32.9137.86
top 53.2%894 / 1,770
3×3 Fewest Moves44 moves
early days — 2 solves212 / 366

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

Kalmykia Open 2018: 17.18Svetlye Gory Open 2018: 12.04CCC Kalmykia 2018: 11.26Kalmykia Open 2019: 12.47YJ Fest Moscow 2019: 13.48Elista Lyceum 2019: 12.4611.2617.187 Apr 20189 Nov 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.

Next targets

  • A sub-4 Pyraminx single — 9,892 people have one; it is 0.32 away.
  • A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 1.26 away.

Targets move as he improves.