People · United States
Polina Kapkanova
Pyraminx · top 10.2% of 129,321 all-time · competing since April 2024 · 2024KAPK02
Polina Kapkanova has been competing for 2 years. Her best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 4.50, set at Racing Kane 2026, puts her in the top 10.2% of the 129,321 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 2,663rd in the United States. Across 5 competitions since April 2024, she has put 79 official solves on the record across four events. Solve to solve, her 3×3 times vary about 18% around a typical one, an early reading from 5 counted rounds. Her Pyraminx best has come down from 6.79 in April 2024 to 4.50, a 34% improvement. Polina has entered five competitions, more competitions than 83% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pyraminx | 4.50 | 10.01 | top 10.2% | 2,663 / 28,708 | |
| 2×2 | 9.15 | 16.44 | top 74.2% | 30,724 / 40,951 | |
| 3×3 | 45.51 | 56.22 | top 82.5% | 50,562 / 59,724 | |
| Skewb | 30.94 | 38.74 | top 97.4% | 18,598 / 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
Best single per competition, Pyraminx. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 6 Apr 2024First competition: Muske-GO 2024. A 51.86 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Racing Kane 2026 · 18 Apr 2026 — 1 personal best set
- DuPage Fall 2024 · 28 Sep 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Ackerman Spring 2024 · 15 Jun 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Chicago Area Twist Spring B 2024 · 19 May 2024
- Muske-GO 2024 · 6 Apr 2024
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 her.
- Ashley Gray — met in 16 rounds, finished ahead 5 times
- Leah Hamende — met in 16 rounds, finished ahead once
- Brian Johnson — met in 16 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-4 Pyraminx single — 9,892 people have one; it is 0.50 away.
- A sub-8 2×2 single — 126,624 people have one; it is 1.15 away.
Targets move as she improves.