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Martin Mothe

Pyraminx · top 3.0% of 129,321 all-time · competing since August 2012 · 2012MOTH02

Martin Mothe has been competing for 14 years. His best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 2.80, set at European Rubik's Cube Championship 2016, puts him in the top 3.0% of the 129,321 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 87th in France. Until October 2010, no official Pyraminx solve in the world had been that fast. Across 15 competitions since August 2012, he has put 310 official solves on the record across five events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 78% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His Pyraminx best has come down from 7.88 in September 2013 to 2.80, a 64% improvement. Martin has entered 15 competitions, more competitions than 95% of everyone who has ever competed.

Pyraminx
best event — top 3.0% of 129,321 all-time
2.80
signature single · European Rubik's Cube Championship 2016
310
official solves on the record
14%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 78% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingFrance
Pyraminx2.804.80
top 3.0%87 / 2,148
2×24.095.76
top 27.6%912 / 3,074
3×320.6125.65
top 41.7%1,876 / 4,746
Skewb12.1920.00
top 66.9%885 / 1,291
3×3 blindfolded8:41.85
early days — 1 solve419 / 434

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

Champagne Summer Open 2013: 7.88La Montagne Open 2013: 6.36Rubik's Cube European Championships 2014: 4.90France 2015: 4.41Champagne Open 2015: 4.82Nancy Open 2015: 4.94Lyon Christmas Open 2015: 4.14European Rubik's Cube Championship 2016: 2.80Champagne Open 2016: 4.66Chambéry Cube Open 2016: 4.03Only Cube Open 2017: 3.35Speedcubes Cape Town 2017: 5.06French Championship 2018: 4.432.807.8814 Sep 201331 Mar 2018

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 his.

Next targets

  • A sub-2 Pyraminx single — 1,476 people have one; it is 0.80 away.
  • A sub-4 2×2 single — 49,452 people have one; it is 0.09 away.

Targets move as he improves.