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Polina Smolyarova

3×3 · top 20.5% of 288,433 all-time · competing since July 2019 · 2019SMOL04

Polina Smolyarova has been competing for 7 years. Her best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 13.84, set at MPEI Open 2019, puts her in the top 20.5% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 984th in Russia. Across 2 competitions since July 2019, she has put 42 official solves on the record across eight events. Her 3×3 best has come down from 16.73 in July 2019 to 13.84, a 17% improvement. Polina has entered two competitions.

3×3
best event — top 20.5% of 288,433 all-time
13.84
signature single · MPEI Open 2019
42
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingRussia
3×313.8416.12
top 20.5%984 / 6,485
2×24.225.65
top 29.4%1,157 / 4,788
Pyraminx7.8611.80
top 35.1%1,242 / 3,784
Skewb10.4816.54
top 58.0%1,084 / 2,264
3×3 one-handed39.24—
top 64.3%1,102 / 1,772
4×41:35.26—
early days — 2 solves1,238 / 2,085
Square-148.0152.91
top 74.2%518 / 760
Clock29.02—
early days — 1 solve539 / 715

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

CCC Qualification Voronezh 2019: 16.73MPEI Open 2019: 13.8413.8416.7320 Jul 201922 Nov 2019

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 her.

Next targets

  • A sub-12 3×3 single — 40,277 people have one; it is 1.84 away.
  • A sub-4 2×2 single — 50,215 people have one; it is 0.22 away.

Targets move as she improves.