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Markuss Pietkuns

Pyraminx · top 0.39% of 129,321 all-time · competing since February 2017 · 2017PIET02

Markuss Pietkuns has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 1.48, set at Valmiera Open 2022, puts him in the top 0.39% of the 129,321 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1st in Latvia. Until March 2013, no official Pyraminx solve in the world had been that fast. Across 46 competitions since February 2017, he has put 2,467 official solves on the record across 14 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 66% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 29.38 in April 2017 to 7.89, a 73% improvement. Markuss has entered 46 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.

Pyraminx
best event — top 0.39% of 129,321 all-time
1.48
signature single · Valmiera Open 2022
2,467
official solves on the record
12%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 66% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingLatvia
Pyraminx1.482.78
top 0.39%1 / 185
2×21.362.99
top 1.6%6 / 237
3×37.898.95
top 2.6%9 / 309
Skewb2.474.25
top 2.8%8 / 117
3×3 one-handed13.4317.29
top 5.1%11 / 113
4×436.8339.84
top 8.5%12 / 112
5×51:13.111:24.90
top 13.9%12 / 74
Clock7.929.80
top 14.9%13 / 60
Megaminx1:10.991:18.90
top 16.2%11 / 73
3×3 Fewest Moves31 moves37.33
top 17.4%8 / 42
Square-123.5526.97
top 35.9%21 / 48
6×62:57.683:09.02
top 39.9%15 / 39
7×74:47.545:03.49
top 47.0%12 / 31
3×3 blindfolded4:07.85—
top 69.9%19 / 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

Riga Open 2017: 29.38Kaunas Open 2017: 31.31Šiauliai Autumn Open 2017: 20.83Latvian Open 2017: 17.60Tartu Open 2017: 17.83Riga Special 2018: 11.59Vilnius Open 2018: 12.04Riga Open 2018: 12.98Sigulda Open 2018: 12.36Estonian Open 2018: 10.61Latvian Open 2018: 12.29Tartu Open 2018: 10.64Telšiai Open 2019: 9.97Sigulda Open 2019: 11.46Latvian Open 2019: 10.24Estonian Open 2020: 10.03Tartu Open 2021: 9.00Twist 'n Turn Tallinn 2022: 9.34Jāņi Kārķos 2022: 8.96Prienai Open 2022: 7.93Valmiera Open 2022: 9.31Estonian Open 2022: 9.03Latvian Championship 2022: 8.90Šiauliai Open 2023: 9.06Rodenpois Open 2023: 8.35No Parity Joniškis 2023: 8.96Sigulda Open 2023: 7.89Tartu Open 2023: 8.29Šiauliai Open 2024: 8.81Jāņi Kārķos 2024: 9.77Dobeles Vasara 2024: 8.85Kārķi Open 2024: 9.05Rīga Open 2024: 9.41Vilnius Winter Open 2025: 7.91Kuldīgas Pavasaris 2025: 9.58Latvijas Čempionāts 2025: 8.16Rīga Open 2026: 8.54Dobeles Pavasaris 2026: 8.627.8931.311 Apr 20177 Mar 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-1 Pyraminx single — 49 people have one; it is 0.48 away.
  • A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.36 away.

Targets move as he improves.