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Erik Pulkkinen

2×2 · top 37.0% of 186,767 all-time · competing since January 2016 · 2016PULK01

Erik Pulkkinen has been competing for 11 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 4.82, set at Cubing Knights 2016, puts him in the top 37.0% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 348th in Finland. Across 4 competitions since January 2016, he has put 37 official solves on the record across three events. His 3×3 best has come down from 42.75 in January 2016 to 24.15, a 44% improvement. Erik has entered four competitions, more competitions than 78% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 37.0% of 186,767 all-time
4.82
signature single · Cubing Knights 2016
37
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingFinland
2×24.827.74
top 37.0%348 / 671
3×324.1525.78
top 50.7%524 / 875
Pyraminx15.37
top 83.1%505 / 551

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

Music City Winter 2016: 42.75Cubing Knights 2016: 31.00For The Love Of Cubing 2017: 25.12Florida Feast 2017: 24.1524.1542.752 Jan 201625 Nov 2017

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 2×2 single — 49,452 people have one; it is 0.82 away.
  • A sub-20 3×3 single — 113,584 people have one; it is 4.15 away.

Targets move as he improves.