People · Estonia
Kristo Palu
2×2 · top 20.2% of 186,767 all-time · competing since August 2022 · 2022PALU04
Kristo Palu has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 3.50, set at Tartu Open 2023, puts him in the top 20.2% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 61st in Estonia. Across 12 competitions since August 2022, he has put 190 official solves on the record across five events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, steadier than 85% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 38.07 in August 2022 to 22.50, a 41% improvement. Kristo has entered twelve competitions, more competitions than 94% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Estonia | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 3.50 | 6.71 | top 20.2% | 61 / 244 | |
| Pyraminx | 8.35 | 11.15 | top 39.2% | 92 / 186 | |
| Skewb | 7.89 | 14.40 | top 40.5% | 54 / 126 | |
| 3×3 | 22.50 | 26.54 | top 46.7% | 151 / 308 | |
| Clock | 20.25 | — | top 65.4% | 38 / 48 |
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 Sep 2023Three personal bests in one day at Estonian Open 2023.
- 18 Mar 2023Three personal bests in one day at Ehte Cube Days 2023.
- 8 Oct 2022First sub-30 3×3: 28.61 at TEC Open 2022.
- 27 Aug 2022First competition: Estonian Open 2022. A 38.07 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Tallinn Spring 2024 · 9 Mar 2024
- Tartu Open 2023 · 17 Dec 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Suur-Kloostri Side Events 2023 · 25 Nov 2023
- Warsaw Cube Masters 2023 · 4 Nov 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Estonian Open 2023 · 23 Sep 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- Viljandi Värk 2023 · 15 Jul 2023 — 1 personal best set
- TalliNxN 2023 · 3 Jun 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- TKTK Workday Cubing I 2023 · 26 Apr 2023
- Ehte Cube Days 2023 · 18 Mar 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- Tartu Open 2022 · 17 Dec 2022 — 2 personal bests set
- TEC Open 2022 · 8 Oct 2022 — 2 personal bests set
- Estonian Open 2022 · 27 Aug 2022
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.
- Mike Vidrik Rätsep — met in 48 rounds, never finished ahead
- Kaur Tuule — met in 42 rounds, finished ahead once
- Maksim Zemtšihhin — met in 41 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-3 2×2 single — 26,570 people have one; it is 0.50 away.
- A sub-8 Pyraminx single — 46,752 people have one; it is 0.35 away.
Targets move as he improves.