People · Russia
Polina Lapteva (Полина Лаптева)
3×3 · top 4.0% of 284,439 all-time · competing since July 2018 · 2018LAPT02
Polina Lapteva (Полина Лаптева) has been competing for 8 years. Her best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.64, set at Leovit Anniversary Cubing Kazakhstan 2023, puts her in the top 4.0% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 131st in Russia. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 14 competitions since July 2018, she has put 382 official solves on the record across ten events. Solve to solve, her 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, steadier than 60% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. Her 3×3 best has come down from 11.97 in July 2018 to 8.64, a 28% improvement. Polina has entered 14 competitions, more competitions than 95% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Russia | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 8.64 | 9.79 | top 4.0% | 131 / 6,475 | |
| 4×4 | 33.97 | 39.59 | top 5.8% | 57 / 2,080 | |
| 5×5 | 1:03.66 | 1:12.55 | top 7.6% | 36 / 941 | |
| 2×2 | 2.47 | 5.39 | top 8.6% | 278 / 4,782 | |
| Clock | 7.20 | 11.84 | top 11.7% | 49 / 714 | |
| 3×3 Multi-Blind | 12 of 13 cubes · 52:16 | — | top 14.1% | 13 / 98 | |
| 3×3 blindfolded | 1:05.73 | 1:15.82 | top 14.9% | 32 / 310 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 18.66 | 21.74 | top 16.9% | 246 / 1,770 | |
| Square-1 | 22.97 | 31.99 | top 34.6% | 186 / 759 | |
| 4×4 blindfolded | 7:42.11 | — | top 42.0% | 18 / 36 |
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, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 1 Nov 2024Three personal bests in one day at Rubik's WCA Asian Championship 2024.
- 20 May 2023Six personal bests in one day at Leovit Anniversary Cubing Kazakhstan 2023.
- 10 Aug 2019Three personal bests in one day at Udmurtia Open 2019.
- 13 Apr 2019Three personal bests in one day at CCC Open Moscow 2019.
- 9 Feb 2019First sub-10 3×3: 9.67 at Izhevsk Winter Cube 2019.
- 9 Feb 2019Six personal bests in one day at Izhevsk Winter Cube 2019.
Competitions
- Rubik's WCA Asian Championship 2024 · 1 Nov 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Leovit Anniversary Cubing Kazakhstan 2023 · 20 May 2023 — 6 personal bests set
- Izhevsk Winter Cube 2020 · 8 Feb 2020 — 1 personal best set
- MPEI Open 2019 · 22 Nov 2019
- Chelny Summer 2019 · 24 Aug 2019
- Udmurtia Open 2019 · 10 Aug 2019 — 3 personal bests set
- YJ Fest Moscow 2019 · 28 Jun 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- YJ Kazan 2019 · 22 Jun 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- CCC Open Moscow 2019 · 13 Apr 2019 — 3 personal bests set
- EkatCube Spring 2019 · 2 Mar 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Izhevsk Winter Cube 2019 · 9 Feb 2019 — 6 personal bests set
- MPEI Open 2018 · 23 Nov 2018 — 2 personal bests set
- Ufa Open 2018 · 18 Aug 2018 — 4 personal bests set
- Ekat Summer 2018 · 21 Jul 2018
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.
- Darya Belonogova — met in 31 rounds, finished ahead 7 times
- Alexander Bashutkin — met in 29 rounds, finished ahead 5 times
- Dmitry Permyakov (Дмитрий Пермяков) — met in 27 rounds, finished ahead 27 times
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.64 away.
- A sub-30 4×4 single — 2,388 people have one; it is 3.97 away.
Targets move as she improves.