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Kristiāns Pietkuns

3×3 · top 0.76% of 288,433 all-time · competing since February 2017 · 2017PIET01

Kristiāns Pietkuns has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 6.38, set at Zarasai Autumn Open 2026, puts him in the top 0.76% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 2nd in Latvia. Until May 2011, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 57 competitions since February 2017, he has put 3,608 official solves on the record across 14 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 61% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 20.04 in February 2017 to 6.38, a 68% improvement. He has entered 57 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 0.76% of 288,433 all-time
6.38
signature single · Zarasai Autumn Open 2026
3,608
official solves on the record
12%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 61% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingLatvia
3×36.389.13
top 0.76%2 / 311
2×21.142.77
top 0.88%3 / 238
3×3 one-handed11.3114.04
top 2.2%2 / 113
Megaminx43.6748.29
top 2.7%2 / 73
3×3 Fewest Moves26 moves36.00
top 6.3%2 / 42
Pyraminx3.725.84
top 6.4%23 / 185
Square-110.4413.76
top 6.9%5 / 48
4×436.8741.02
top 8.6%13 / 113
Skewb3.655.14
top 8.7%13 / 117
5×51:08.371:20.05
top 10.6%7 / 74
Clock9.3511.50
top 21.7%19 / 60
6×62:23.732:37.95
top 22.5%10 / 39
7×73:50.884:01.96
top 27.5%10 / 31
3×3 blindfolded6:37.14—
early days — 2 solves20 / 24

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

Sigulda Open 2017: 20.04Riga Open 2017: 18.93Kaunas Open 2017: 15.89Šiauliai Autumn Open 2017: 10.46Latvian Open 2017: 11.90Tartu Open 2017: 12.56Riga Special 2018: 13.02Vilnius Open 2018: 11.74Riga Open 2018: 10.80Estonian Open 2018: 10.31Latvian Open 2018: 10.40Tartu Open 2018: 9.18Telšiai Open 2019: 8.79Sigulda Open 2019: 10.25Latvian Open 2019: 9.92Estonian Open 2020: 11.76Tartu Open 2021: 10.63Twist 'n Turn Tallinn 2022: 9.16Jāņi Kārķos 2022: 7.09Prienai Open 2022: 9.74Estonian Open 2022: 8.52Latvian Championship 2022: 10.08Carnikavas Pavasaris 2023: 9.59Šiauliai Open 2023: 7.91Rodenpois Open 2023: 7.39No Parity Joniškis 2023: 8.30Sigulda Open 2023: 9.11Tartu Open 2023: 8.11Šiauliai Open 2024: 9.51Ropaži Mini-Open 2024: 9.04Jāņi Kārķos 2024: 9.32Dobeles Vasara 2024: 9.71Kārķi Open 2024: 8.50Rīga Open 2024: 8.52Vilnius Winter Open 2025: 9.02NxN Rīgā 2025: 7.72Kuldīgas Pavasaris 2025: 9.40Kārķi Open 2025: 8.47Kaunas KTU Open 2025: 8.07Latvijas Čempionāts 2025: 9.36Jonava Ralys Open 2025: 9.30Estcubes Open 2026: 8.06Zarasai 2026: 8.35Rīga Open 2026: 8.58Dobeles Pavasaris 2026: 8.20Kopli NxN Rampage 2026: 8.22Jelgavas Vasara 2026: 9.25Kārķi Open 2026: 8.48Nuti Estonian Championship 2026: 8.84Zarasai Autumn Open 2026: 6.386.3820.0411 Feb 201717 Oct 2026

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-6 3×3 single — 1,419 people have one; it is 0.38 away.
  • A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,050 people have one; it is 0.14 away.

Targets move as he improves.