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Preston Valentine

Pyraminx · top 50.0% of 129,321 all-time · competing since October 2016 · 2016VALE20

Preston Valentine has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 9.62, set at ODU Big Blue Winter 2016, puts him in the top 50.0% of the 129,321 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 14,511th in the United States. Across 2 competitions since October 2016, he has put 22 official solves on the record across three events. Preston has entered two competitions.

Pyraminx
best event — top 50.0% of 129,321 all-time
9.62
signature single · ODU Big Blue Winter 2016
22
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
Pyraminx9.6215.39
top 50.0%14,511 / 28,708
3×330.0535.48
top 62.6%37,358 / 59,724
2×213.1414.30
top 87.2%36,227 / 40,951

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

Severna Park Fall 2016: 33.30ODU Big Blue Winter 2016: 30.0530.0533.3029 Oct 20163 Dec 2016

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 his.

Next targets

  • A sub-8 Pyraminx single — 46,752 people have one; it is 1.62 away.
  • A sub-30 3×3 single — 177,856 people have one; it is 0.05 away.

Targets move as he improves.