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Maria Shaboltaeva (Мария Шаболтаева)

Pyraminx · top 5.5% of 129,321 all-time · competing since April 2018 · 2018SHAB02

Maria Shaboltaeva (Мария Шаболтаева) has been competing for 8 years. Her best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 3.52, set at Novokuznetsk Open 2018, puts her in the top 5.5% of the 129,321 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 140th in Russia. Until February 2008, no official Pyraminx solve in the world had been that fast. Across 2 competitions since April 2018, she has put 45 official solves on the record across five events. Maria has entered two competitions.

Pyraminx
best event — top 5.5% of 129,321 all-time
3.52
signature single · Novokuznetsk Open 2018
45
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingRussia
Pyraminx3.525.60
top 5.5%140 / 3,777
3×334.1738.03
top 69.3%4,250 / 6,475
2×210.0313.65
top 78.0%3,567 / 4,782
Skewb15.8819.51
top 81.0%1,679 / 2,264
Megaminx4:04.48
early days — 1 solve843 / 998

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

Novokuznetsk Open 2018: 3.52Kemerovo Open 2019: 8.813.528.8115 Apr 201831 Mar 2019

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 her.

Next targets

  • A sub-3 Pyraminx single — 4,700 people have one; it is 0.52 away.
  • A sub-30 3×3 single — 177,856 people have one; it is 4.17 away.

Targets move as she improves.