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Paul Heindel

Pyraminx · top 4.5% of 129,321 all-time · competing since May 2023 · 2023HEIN07

Paul Heindel has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 3.25, set at Door County Cube Challenge 2023, puts him in the top 4.5% of the 129,321 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,180th in the United States. Until February 2008, no official Pyraminx solve in the world had been that fast. Across 4 competitions since May 2023, he has put 108 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one, an early reading from 7 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 17.55 in May 2023 to 13.89, a 21% improvement. Paul has entered four competitions, more competitions than 78% of everyone who has ever competed.

Pyraminx
best event — top 4.5% of 129,321 all-time
3.25
signature single · Door County Cube Challenge 2023
108
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
Pyraminx3.256.21
top 4.5%1,180 / 28,708
2×22.834.58
top 12.3%4,846 / 40,951
3×313.8915.32
top 20.6%11,093 / 59,724
4×41:04.641:10.15
top 41.4%6,770 / 19,072
5×51:57.822:09.04
top 47.9%3,999 / 9,401
Skewb9.3210.96
top 50.6%9,071 / 18,907

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

Door County Cube Challenge 2023: 17.55Pyraminx in Pewaukee 2023: 19.55Green Bay 2023: 19.424x4 by Four Madison Lakes 2024: 13.8913.8919.5520 May 20237 Dec 2024

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-3 Pyraminx single — 4,700 people have one; it is 0.25 away.
  • A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.83 away.

Targets move as he improves.