People · United States
Erik Martin
Pyraminx · top 15.4% of 129,321 all-time · competing since April 2015 · 2015MART11
Erik Martin has been competing for 11 years. His best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 5.35, set at Berkeley Winter 2024, puts him in the top 15.4% of the 129,321 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 4,050th in the United States. Across 10 competitions since April 2015, he has put 130 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one; 82% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 44.88 in April 2015 to 15.46, a 66% improvement. Erik has entered ten competitions, more competitions than 92% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pyraminx | 5.35 | 14.25 | top 15.4% | 4,050 / 28,708 | |
| 3×3 | 15.46 | 18.47 | top 26.0% | 14,148 / 59,724 | |
| 2×2 | 4.32 | 7.69 | top 30.6% | 12,178 / 40,951 | |
| 4×4 | 1:30.59 | — | top 64.0% | 11,226 / 19,072 | |
| 5×5 | 3:04.82 | — | top 79.6% | 7,224 / 9,401 | |
| Skewb | 50.00 | — | early days — 1 solve | 18,915 / 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
Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 23 Mar 2025Four personal bests in one day at Santa Rosa Spring 2025.
- 4 Feb 2024First sub-20 3×3: 17.79 at Berkeley Winter 2024.
- 24 Apr 2016First sub-30 3×3: 28.57 at St. Francis II: GYM 2016.
- 18 Apr 2015First competition: Orange Coast Puzzle Meet 2015. A 44.88 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Santa Rosa Spring 2025 · 23 Mar 2025 — 4 personal bests set
- Davis Fall 2024 · 20 Oct 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Bay Area Speedcubin' 58 - Berkeley 2024 · 17 Mar 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Berkeley Winter 2024 · 4 Feb 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Qualifornia 2017 · 25 Mar 2017
- Newport Fall 2016 · 8 Oct 2016 — 1 personal best set
- SoCal Supercomp 2016 · 9 Jul 2016 — 2 personal bests set
- St. Francis II: GYM 2016 · 24 Apr 2016 — 2 personal bests set
- San Diego Summer Splash 2015 · 23 May 2015 — 1 personal best set
- Orange Coast Puzzle Meet 2015 · 18 Apr 2015
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.
- Chris Martin — met in 17 rounds, finished ahead 7 times
- Kenji Gipson-Nahman — met in 17 rounds, never finished ahead
- Mitchell Lane — met in 16 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-5 Pyraminx single — 17,019 people have one; it is 0.35 away.
- A sub-15 3×3 single — 69,493 people have one; it is 0.46 away.
Targets move as he improves.