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Rūdolfs Vīnkalns

Pyraminx · top 1.1% of 129,321 all-time · competing since November 2017 · 2017VNKA01

Rūdolfs Vīnkalns has been competing for 9 years. His best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 1.99, set at Mazowiecka Liga Speedcubingu Warszawa 2020, puts him in the top 1.1% of the 129,321 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 4th in Latvia. Until July 2011, no official Pyraminx solve in the world had been that fast. Across 46 competitions since November 2017, he has put 3,590 official solves on the record across 14 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 73% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 19.88 in November 2017 to 7.27, a 63% improvement. He has entered 46 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.

Pyraminx
best event — top 1.1% of 129,321 all-time
1.99
signature single · Mazowiecka Liga Speedcubingu Warszawa 2020
3,590
official solves on the record
12%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 73% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingLatvia
Pyraminx1.993.44
top 1.1%4 / 185
Megaminx38.5743.08
top 1.3%1 / 73
3×37.278.61
top 1.7%6 / 309
Skewb2.344.40
top 2.3%6 / 117
3×3 one-handed11.5615.24
top 2.5%3 / 113
4×429.3636.09
top 2.5%3 / 112
2×21.663.12
top 2.9%12 / 237
5×558.991:05.75
top 5.0%3 / 74
Square-112.4515.87
top 10.8%8 / 48
6×62:01.112:08.31
top 11.4%4 / 39
7×73:10.153:20.70
top 13.4%5 / 31
Clock7.618.72
top 13.4%11 / 60
3×3 Fewest Moves33 moves—
top 23.4%13 / 42
3×3 blindfolded3:14.62—
top 56.5%16 / 24

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

Latvian Open 2017: 19.88Kaunas Open 2018: 15.03Riga Special 2018: 16.45Vilnius Open 2018: 17.01Riga Open 2018: 14.01Tallinn Open 2018: 11.12Uzhgorod Summer 2018: 13.62Sigulda Open 2018: 11.10Estonian Open 2018: 10.61Latvian Open 2018: 10.34Tartu Open 2018: 11.91Kaunas Open 2019: 10.77Võru Värk 2019: 10.89Grodno Cube 2019: 10.13Tallinn Open 2019: 10.05Telšiai Open 2019: 9.61German Nationals 2019: 9.01Sigulda Open 2019: 10.33Estonian Open 2019: 8.08Latvian Open 2019: 8.96Polish Speedcubing Tour LLS Lublin 2020: 9.35Mazowiecka Liga Speedcubingu Warszawa 2020: 8.91Estonian Open 2020: 10.05Twist 'n Turn Tallinn 2022: 9.19Kirkkonummen Kuutionvääntelyt 2022: 9.61Prienai Open 2022: 7.61Rubik's WCA European Championship 2022: 8.87Valmiera Open 2022: 8.81Vilnius Open 2022: 8.81Latvian Championship 2022: 8.80Kaunas Open 2022: 8.77Tartu Open 2022: 8.00Vilnius Spring Open 2023: 8.59Carnikavas Pavasaris 2023: 8.03Šiauliai Open 2023: 7.27Vilnius Amanita 2023: 8.07Jāņi Kārķos 2023: 7.52Rodenpois Open 2023: 8.32No Parity Joniškis 2023: 8.37Sigulda Open 2023: 7.84Vilnius Winter 2024: 9.09Jāņi Kārķos 2024: 8.80Dobeles Vasara 2024: 8.63Kārķi Open 2024: 7.55Kārķi Open 2025: 8.55Latvijas Čempionāts 2025: 8.797.2719.884 Nov 20175 Dec 2025

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-1 Pyraminx single — 49 people have one; it is 0.99 away.
  • A sub-30 Megaminx single — 75 people have one; it is 8.57 away.

Targets move as he improves.