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Matīss Maksis Podinskis

Pyraminx · top 1.5% of 129,321 all-time · competing since April 2018 · 2018PODI02

Matīss Maksis Podinskis has been competing for 8 years. His best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 2.22, set at Latvian Open 2019, puts him in the top 1.5% of the 129,321 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 5th in Latvia. Until July 2011, no official Pyraminx solve in the world had been that fast. Across 29 competitions since April 2018, he has put 1,501 official solves on the record across 14 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 62% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 25.13 in April 2018 to 7.86, a 69% improvement. He has entered 29 competitions, more competitions than 98% of everyone who has ever competed.

Pyraminx
best event — top 1.5% of 129,321 all-time
2.22
signature single · Latvian Open 2019
1,501
official solves on the record
14%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 62% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingLatvia
Pyraminx2.225.48
top 1.5%5 / 185
3×37.869.83
top 2.5%8 / 309
Megaminx47.4658.69
top 4.0%4 / 73
3×3 one-handed13.5320.09
top 5.3%12 / 113
4×433.6038.94
top 5.5%8 / 112
3×3 Fewest Moves26 moves31.33
top 6.2%2 / 42
Skewb3.527.23
top 7.9%12 / 117
2×22.483.51
top 8.7%32 / 237
5×51:08.961:24.77
top 10.9%8 / 74
Square-117.8025.03
top 22.9%14 / 48
6×62:29.832:47.27
top 25.5%11 / 39
3×3 blindfolded2:27.74—
top 42.5%13 / 24
7×75:37.855:56.26
top 61.9%20 / 31
Clock35.1542.58
top 89.9%56 / 60

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 2018: 25.13Sigulda Open 2018: 17.81Latvian Open 2018: 15.88Sigulda Open 2019: 16.09Latvian Open 2019: 12.60Latvian Championship 2022: 12.34Carnikavas Pavasaris 2023: 10.62Rodenpois Open 2023: 9.49Sigulda Open 2023: 9.73Ropaži Mini-Open 2024: 10.15Dobeles Vasara 2024: 11.36Rīga Open 2024: 11.00Kuldīgas Pavasaris 2025: 9.25Kārķi Open 2025: 8.43Latvijas Čempionāts 2025: 9.85Estcubes Open 2026: 9.72Rīga Open 2026: 8.47Dobeles Pavasaris 2026: 9.17Kopli NxN Rampage 2026: 9.323x3x3 un Nekas Cits Rīgā 2026: 7.86Jelgavas Vasara 2026: 9.14NxNxN Rīgā 2026: 9.487.8625.1328 Apr 201827 Jun 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-2 Pyraminx single — 1,476 people have one; it is 0.22 away.
  • A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 1.86 away.

Targets move as he improves.