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Krišjānis Nurža

Square-1 · top 4.0% of 25,272 all-time · competing since April 2018 · 2018NURZ01

Krišjānis Nurža has been competing for 8 years. His best event is the Square-1: a personal-best single of 8.69, set at Dobeles Pavasaris 2026, puts him in the top 4.0% of the 25,272 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 2nd in Latvia. Until October 2010, no official Square-1 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 27 competitions since April 2018, he has put 1,165 official solves on the record across ten events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 73% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His Pyraminx best has come down from 12.75 in April 2018 to 3.30, a 74% improvement. He has entered 27 competitions, more competitions than 98% of everyone who has ever competed.

Square-1
best event — top 4.0% of 25,272 all-time
8.69
signature single · Dobeles Pavasaris 2026
1,165
official solves on the record
14%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 73% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingLatvia
Square-18.6911.46
top 4.0%2 / 48
Pyraminx3.304.93
top 4.7%18 / 185
2×22.164.29
top 5.9%25 / 237
Skewb3.255.34
top 6.3%11 / 117
3×39.9315.01
top 7.3%23 / 309
3×3 one-handed19.9431.03
top 20.3%23 / 113
4×41:04.121:11.34
top 40.8%41 / 112
Megaminx2:22.642:40.81
top 57.8%32 / 73
3×3 Fewest Moves52 moves—
early days — 3 solves32 / 42
5×53:32.53—
top 87.0%59 / 74

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

Riga Open 2018: 12.75Tallinn Open 2018: 9.20Sigulda Open 2018: 10.18Estonian Open 2018: 9.83Latvian Open 2018: 4.87Tartu Open 2018: 7.40Võru Värk 2019: 5.46Tallinn Open 2019: 3.68Estonian Open 2019: 4.21Latvian Open 2019: 3.43Jāņi Kārķos 2022: 4.21Latvian Championship 2022: 4.26Carnikavas Pavasaris 2023: 3.61Šiauliai Open 2023: 4.36Rodenpois Open 2023: 4.27Sigulda Open 2023: 4.00Ropaži Mini-Open 2024: 4.77Kārķi Open 2025: 5.22Estcubes Open 2026: 4.16Rīga Open 2026: 4.47Dobeles Pavasaris 2026: 4.72Kopli NxN Rampage 2026: 3.30Jelgavas Vasara 2026: 4.76Kārķi Open 2026: 3.843.3012.7528 Apr 201826 Aug 2026

Best single per competition, Pyraminx. 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-8 Square-1 single — 766 people have one; it is 0.69 away.
  • A sub-3 Pyraminx single — 4,700 people have one; it is 0.30 away.

Targets move as he improves.