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Russell Poling
2×2 · top 17.7% of 186,767 all-time · competing since January 2024 · 2024POLI02
Russell Poling has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 3.29, set at Get Ready Grove City 2024, puts him in the top 17.7% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 6,924th in the United States. Across 4 competitions since January 2024, he has put 94 official solves on the record across ten events. His Pyraminx best has come down from 7.31 in January 2024 to 5.84, a 20% improvement. Russell has entered four competitions, more competitions than 78% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 3.29 | 5.12 | top 17.7% | 6,924 / 40,951 | |
| Pyraminx | 5.84 | 8.34 | top 18.8% | 5,014 / 28,708 | |
| 3×3 | 16.00 | 19.67 | top 27.8% | 15,213 / 59,724 | |
| Clock | 11.99 | 16.15 | top 34.9% | 2,761 / 8,927 | |
| 4×4 | 1:17.72 | 1:28.53 | top 54.0% | 9,184 / 19,072 | |
| Skewb | 10.59 | 12.02 | top 58.5% | 10,714 / 18,907 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 39.18 | 48.93 | top 64.1% | 9,082 / 15,683 | |
| 5×5 | 3:06.38 | — | early days — 3 solves | 7,286 / 9,401 | |
| Megaminx | 3:39.01 | — | early days — 2 solves | 6,856 / 7,841 | |
| Square-1 | 1:24.53 | — | early days — 2 solves | 6,384 / 6,743 |
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
Best single per competition, Pyraminx. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 16 Mar 2024Three personal bests in one day at Ohio State Weekend of Madness 2024.
- 20 Jan 2024First competition: BHT Pyraminx Bash 2024. A 18.39 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Get Ready Grove City 2024 · 13 Jul 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Ohio State Spring 2024 · 21 Apr 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Ohio State Weekend of Madness 2024 · 16 Mar 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- BHT Pyraminx Bash 2024 · 20 Jan 2024
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.
- Keenan Darkins — met in 27 rounds, finished ahead once
- Aaron Feng — met in 27 rounds, finished ahead once
- Braden Richards — met in 27 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-3 2×2 single — 26,570 people have one; it is 0.29 away.
- A sub-5 Pyraminx single — 17,019 people have one; it is 0.84 away.
Targets move as he improves.