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Simon Poldi

Pyraminx · top 0.76% of 129,321 all-time · competing since July 2022 · 2022POLD01

Simon Poldi has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 1.76, set at Evanston Qualifier 2026, puts him in the top 0.76% of the 129,321 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 229th in the United States. Until April 2012, no official Pyraminx solve in the world had been that fast. Across 58 competitions since July 2022, he has put 2,040 official solves on the record across 13 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 71% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 38.59 in July 2022 to 7.76, an 80% improvement. Simon has entered 58 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.

Pyraminx
best event — top 0.76% of 129,321 all-time
1.76
signature single · Evanston Qualifier 2026
2,040
official solves on the record
14%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 71% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
Pyraminx1.763.08
top 0.76%229 / 28,708
2×21.122.13
top 0.82%340 / 40,951
Skewb2.314.03
top 2.3%335 / 18,907
3×37.7610.03
top 2.4%1,390 / 59,724
Clock4.265.57
top 2.8%242 / 8,927
3×3 one-handed12.7715.92
top 4.1%591 / 15,683
4×438.4344.79
top 10.3%1,526 / 19,072
Square-113.5016.73
top 12.9%893 / 6,743
Megaminx1:14.871:19.59
top 18.6%1,262 / 7,841
3×3 Fewest Moves32 moves36.00
top 20.4%446 / 2,040
5×51:23.421:28.54
top 21.9%1,696 / 9,401
6×62:35.032:43.56
top 28.3%1,000 / 4,196
7×74:01.444:05.13
top 31.2%872 / 3,184

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

NxNaperville 2022: 38.59Mt. Prospect Open 2022: 28.132x2 in a Madison Lodge 2022: 25.49Naperville Winter B 2022: 22.52Washtenaw Spring B 2023: 16.31Swallow Spring 2023: 15.42Ackerman Spring 2024: 14.91Michigan Championship 2024: 14.12Washtenaw Summer 2024: 14.39Washtenaw Fall 2024: 11.09Pyraminx in Pewaukee 2024: 10.56Kenosha First A 2024: 10.94Big Cube Battle of Waterloo 2025: 10.31Chicagoland Newcomers 2025: 11.24Agoura Side Events Day 2025: 11.66Preble Spring 2025: 11.62Madison Manor Monday 2025: 11.60Washtenaw Spring 2025: 15.01Fun in Muncie 2025: 9.32Plymouth Puzzle-Off 2025: 10.07Madison Manor Warmup 2025: 10.22Rubik's WCA World Championship 2025: 10.65UTN Open 2025: 9.43CubingUSA Heartland Championship 2025: 8.27Clock on the Madison Rocks 2025: 9.66Prebleminxing 2025: 11.33Washtenaw Slow Fall 2025: 10.26Wisconsin Championship 2025: 7.76Naperville Fall 2025: 10.44Pyraminx in Pewaukee 2025: 10.72Machesney Park Fall 2025: 9.24Quad Cities Saturday 2025: 9.01Evanston Fall Favorites A 2025: 9.57Imagination Station B 2026: 9.20Naperville Gray Skies 2026: 10.17Wisconsin on Ice 2026: 10.50Pyraminx with Madison Ideas 2026: 9.94Machesney Park Spring 2026: 9.66West Melbourne Open 2026: 9.81Midwest Cubing Classic 2026: 10.123x3 in Madison 2026: 8.49CubingUSA Great Lakes Championship 2026: 9.134x4 Off US-40 IL 2026: 8.267.7638.5916 Jul 202229 Aug 2026

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 0.76 away.
  • A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.12 away.

Targets move as he improves.