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Polina Zhirnova

Pyraminx · top 77.9% of 129,321 all-time · competing since November 2014 · 2014ZHIR01

Polina Zhirnova has been competing for 12 years. Her best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 14.02, set at MPEI Open 2015, puts her in the top 77.9% of the 129,321 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 2,970th in Russia. Across 5 competitions since November 2014, she has put 43 official solves on the record across three events. Solve to solve, her 3×3 times vary about 19% around a typical one, an early reading from 5 counted rounds. Her 3×3 best has come down from 46.83 in November 2014 to 41.20, a 12% improvement. Polina has entered five competitions, more competitions than 83% of everyone who has ever competed.

Pyraminx
best event — top 77.9% of 129,321 all-time
14.02
signature single · MPEI Open 2015
43
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingRussia
Pyraminx14.0219.09
top 77.9%2,970 / 3,777
3×341.2051.35
top 78.2%4,872 / 6,475
2×210.5712.84
top 80.1%3,672 / 4,782

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

MPEI Open 2014: 46.83Moscow Spring Open 2015: 50.03MPEI Open 2015: 41.20MPEI Open 2016: 46.62MPEI Open 2017: 43.9541.2050.0328 Nov 201424 Nov 2017

Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.

The story so far

  • 27 Nov 2015Three personal bests in one day at MPEI Open 2015.
  • 28 Nov 2014First competition: MPEI Open 2014. A 46.83 3×3 single to start from.

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 Pyraminx single — 86,891 people have one; it is 2.02 away.
  • A sub-40 3×3 single — 218,634 people have one; it is 1.20 away.

Targets move as she improves.