People · Canada
Paul Talbot
Pyraminx · top 19.5% of 129,321 all-time · competing since May 2017 · 2017TALB01
Paul Talbot has been competing for 9 years. His best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 5.93, set at North Star Cubing Challenge 2020, puts him in the top 19.5% of the 129,321 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 795th in Canada. Across 7 competitions since May 2017, he has put 136 official solves on the record across four events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one, an early reading from 8 counted rounds. His Pyraminx best has come down from 13.14 in March 2018 to 5.93, a 55% improvement. Paul has entered seven competitions, more competitions than 88% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pyraminx | 5.93 | 9.01 | top 19.5% | 795 / 4,858 | |
| 2×2 | 3.85 | 5.84 | top 24.6% | 1,661 / 7,173 | |
| 3×3 | 17.84 | 22.55 | top 33.6% | 3,299 / 10,392 | |
| Skewb | 7.26 | 13.37 | top 35.7% | 886 / 2,907 |
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
Best single per competition, Pyraminx. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 18 Jun 2022First sub-20 3×3: 17.84 at Winnipeg Open 2022.
- 23 Nov 2019Six personal bests in one day at Fargo Fall 2019.
- 6 May 2017First competition: Minnesota Cube Melt 2017. A 29.80 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Winnipeg Open 2022 · 18 Jun 2022 — 2 personal bests set
- North Star Cubing Challenge 2020 · 18 Jan 2020 — 2 personal bests set
- Fargo Fall 2019 · 23 Nov 2019 — 6 personal bests set
- Winnipeg Open 2019 · 19 Oct 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Sioux Falls Winter 2019 · 9 Feb 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- CubingUSA Heartland Championship 2018 · 9 Mar 2018 — 2 personal bests set
- Minnesota Cube Melt 2017 · 6 May 2017
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.
- Walker Welch — met in 28 rounds, never finished ahead
- Noah Dunlop — met in 20 rounds, finished ahead 11 times
- Nicholas Friesen — met in 17 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
Next targets
- A sub-5 Pyraminx single — 17,019 people have one; it is 0.93 away.
- A sub-3 2×2 single — 26,570 people have one; it is 0.85 away.
Targets move as he improves.