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Rūdolfs Vanags

Skewb · top 10.9% of 73,281 all-time · competing since September 2018 · 2018VANA01

Rūdolfs Vanags has been competing for 8 years. His best event is the Skewb: a personal-best single of 4.00, set at Latvian Open 2019, puts him in the top 10.9% of the 73,281 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 18th in Latvia. Across 5 competitions since September 2018, he has put 165 official solves on the record across twelve events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, an early reading from 9 counted rounds. That figure sets aside his 4 DNFs. His 3×3 best has come down from 19.88 in September 2018 to 15.52, a 22% improvement. He has entered five competitions, more competitions than 83% of everyone who has ever competed.

Skewb
best event — top 10.9% of 73,281 all-time
4.00
signature single · Latvian Open 2019
165
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingLatvia
Skewb4.005.72
top 10.9%18 / 117
3×315.5218.29
top 26.2%70 / 309
2×24.435.93
top 32.0%71 / 237
4×41:00.791:12.31
top 37.3%40 / 112
Pyraminx8.3110.99
top 38.9%83 / 185
3×3 one-handed30.0539.49
top 46.8%46 / 113
Megaminx2:26.08
early days — 2 solves33 / 73
5×52:18.76
top 60.3%38 / 74
Square-159.42
early days — 2 solves39 / 48
6×65:34.24
early days — 2 solves29 / 39
7×79:20.74
early days — 1 solve26 / 31
3×3 Fewest Moves64 moves
early days — 1 solve40 / 42

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

Sigulda Open 2018: 19.88Latvian Open 2018: 18.74Narva Winter 2019: 15.52Sigulda Open 2019: 15.62Latvian Open 2019: 17.1615.5219.881 Sep 20187 Dec 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 his.

Next targets

  • A sub-3 Skewb single — 3,646 people have one; it is 1.00 away.
  • A sub-15 3×3 single — 69,493 people have one; it is 0.52 away.

Targets move as he improves.