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Martin Espe

Skewb · top 20.5% of 73,281 all-time · competing since September 2018 · 2018ESPE02

Martin Espe has been competing for 8 years. His best event is the Skewb: a personal-best single of 5.30, set at Sandnes Open 2019, puts him in the top 20.5% of the 73,281 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 135th in Norway. Across 3 competitions since September 2018, he has put 97 official solves on the record across five events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 17% around a typical one, an early reading from 5 counted rounds. His 2×2 best has come down from 6.93 in September 2018 to 4.64, a 33% improvement. Martin has entered three competitions, more competitions than 69% of everyone who has ever competed.

Skewb
best event — top 20.5% of 73,281 all-time
5.30
signature single · Sandnes Open 2019
97
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingNorway
Skewb5.309.68
top 20.5%135 / 531
Pyraminx7.309.17
top 30.3%300 / 865
2×24.645.25
top 34.7%424 / 1,202
3×320.1422.27
top 40.3%603 / 1,609
3×3 one-handed54.741:02.54
top 80.6%371 / 513

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

Sandnes Open 2018: 6.93Sandnes Open 2019: 6.11Kjeller Open 2019: 4.644.646.9322 Sep 20182 Nov 2019

Best single per competition, 2×2. 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-5 Skewb single — 13,285 people have one; it is 0.30 away.
  • A sub-6 Pyraminx single — 25,870 people have one; it is 1.30 away.

Targets move as he improves.