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Mariia Mazel (Марія Мазел)

Skewb · top 3.0% of 73,281 all-time · competing since August 2015 · 2015MAZE01

Mariia Mazel (Марія Мазел) has been competing for 11 years. Her best event is the Skewb: a personal-best single of 2.53, set at Dnepr Puzzles Fest 2019, puts her in the top 3.0% of the 73,281 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 21st in Ukraine. Until February 2014, no official Skewb solve in the world had been that fast. Across 22 competitions since August 2015, she has put 908 official solves on the record across ten events. Solve to solve, her 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 79% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. Her 3×3 best has come down from 53.05 in August 2015 to 10.02, an 81% improvement. Mariia has entered 22 competitions, more competitions than 97% of everyone who has ever competed.

Skewb
best event — top 3.0% of 73,281 all-time
2.53
signature single · Dnepr Puzzles Fest 2019
908
official solves on the record
12%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 79% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUkraine
Skewb2.534.57
top 3.0%21 / 884
3×310.0214.18
top 7.5%206 / 2,868
2×22.744.97
top 11.4%200 / 1,894
Pyraminx5.168.66
top 14.2%253 / 1,471
4×448.9056.38
top 23.3%204 / 867
Clock10.4311.30
top 27.2%90 / 347
3×3 one-handed25.6732.65
top 36.0%289 / 755
5×52:21.112:37.59
top 61.6%264 / 425
3×3 Fewest Moves47 moves52.00
top 71.5%151 / 222
Megaminx3:27.77—
early days — 2 solves353 / 424

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

Kharkiv Cube Day 2015: 53.05Beit Dan Open 2015: 36.58Kharkiv Special 2016: 24.80Cowboys Summer 2016: 20.49Kharkiv Cube Day 2016: 22.03Ukrainian Nationals 2017: 14.35Kharkiv Cube Day 2017: 13.92Dnepr Skips 2017: 14.67Lviv Cube Cup 2017: 13.38Kharkiv Winter 2017: 11.75Dnepr Never Fails 2018: 14.10Ukrainian Open 2018: 13.63Kharkiv Open 2018: 13.23Smart Cube Fest 2018: 13.00Lviv Spring Days 2019: 12.79Ukrainian Open 2019: 12.80Kharkiv Open 2019: 10.02Ukrainian Nationals 2019: 11.62Dnepr Puzzles Fest 2019: 13.45Smartcube Fest Kyiv 2019: 12.59Kharkiv Cubefall 2021: 12.13Bremium Cubing 2023: 11.2810.0253.0516 Aug 20157 Apr 2023

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-2 Skewb single — 1,013 people have one; it is 0.53 away.
  • A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 0.02 away.

Targets move as she improves.