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Maria Zhits

Pyraminx · top 7.4% of 129,321 all-time · competing since August 2016 · 2016ZHIT01

Maria Zhits has been competing for 10 years. Her best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 3.95, set at Chak-chak cubing in Kazan 2018, puts her in the top 7.4% of the 129,321 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 203rd in Russia. Until February 2008, no official Pyraminx solve in the world had been that fast. Across 29 competitions since August 2016, she has put 1,249 official solves on the record across 15 events. Solve to solve, her 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, steadier than 88% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. Her 3×3 best has come down from 19.36 in August 2016 to 11.92, a 38% improvement. Maria has entered 29 competitions, more competitions than 98% of everyone who has ever competed.

Pyraminx
best event — top 7.4% of 129,321 all-time
3.95
signature single · Chak-chak cubing in Kazan 2018
1,249
official solves on the record
11%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 88% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingRussia
Pyraminx3.957.28
top 7.4%203 / 3,777
Megaminx1:05.141:12.51
top 12.8%71 / 998
3×311.9212.70
top 13.6%612 / 6,475
2×23.494.72
top 20.1%760 / 4,782
Square-116.8922.00
top 20.7%98 / 759
3×3 blindfolded1:29.292:03.82
top 22.8%50 / 310
4×455.501:00.97
top 31.3%508 / 2,080
5×51:36.461:41.70
top 32.6%249 / 941
3×3 Multi-Blind5 of 5 cubes · 23:03—
top 35.5%31 / 98
Skewb7.5410.86
top 37.8%639 / 2,264
7×74:30.984:43.47
top 41.3%94 / 270
6×63:08.933:17.09
top 45.1%126 / 343
3×3 one-handed30.8137.92
top 48.5%815 / 1,770
3×3 Fewest Moves43 moves47.33
top 59.0%198 / 366
Clock24.8130.86
top 76.4%487 / 714

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

CCC Summer Open 2016: 19.36Samara Open 2016: 17.53Welcome to Saratov 2017: 17.43Tambov Summer 2017: 15.66Penza Summer 2017: 13.86Svetlye Gory Open 2017: 17.56Chak-chak cubing in Kazan 2017: 18.59Saratov Winter Open 2017: 18.28HSE Open 2018: 16.64Aktobe Cube Days 2018: 14.92Chak-chak cubing in Kazan 2018: 13.65SPB Island 2018: 15.00YJ Fest 2018: 14.84White City Cubing 2018: 14.16Kursk Open 2018: 12.96Saratov Open 2018: 13.92KSF Semey City 2018: 13.93CCC Kalmykia 2018: 13.57Sura Spring 2019: 13.54Kalmykia Open 2019: 12.12CCC Open Moscow 2019: 13.90Volga Cubing 2019: 12.65Stavropol Open 2019: 13.49YJ Kazan 2019: 11.92YJ Fest Moscow 2019: 13.14CCC Qualification Saratov 2019: 12.95Tambov Autumn 2019: 13.29CCC Qualification Kazan 2020: 12.2411.9219.3620 Aug 20164 Jan 2020

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 her.

Next targets

  • A sub-3 Pyraminx single — 4,700 people have one; it is 0.95 away.
  • A sub-1:00 Megaminx single — 3,483 people have one; it is 5.14 away.

Targets move as she improves.