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Tim Zakharov

Pyraminx · top 36.2% of 129,321 all-time · competing since September 2016 · 2016ZAKH01

Tim Zakharov has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 8.01, set at WPI Winter Cube Day 2017, puts him in the top 36.2% of the 129,321 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 10,251st in the United States. Across 5 competitions since September 2016, he has put 55 official solves on the record across five events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 8% around a typical one, an early reading from 5 counted rounds. That figure sets aside his 3 DNFs. His 3×3 best has come down from 28.53 in September 2016 to 20.85, a 27% improvement. Tim has entered five competitions, more competitions than 83% of everyone who has ever competed.

Pyraminx
best event — top 36.2% of 129,321 all-time
8.01
signature single · WPI Winter Cube Day 2017
55
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
Pyraminx8.0112.29
top 36.2%10,251 / 28,708
2×24.9910.16
top 39.2%15,738 / 40,951
3×320.8524.00
top 42.3%24,207 / 59,724
3×3 one-handed58.29
early days — 2 solves12,383 / 15,683
4×43:04.64
early days — 1 solve18,615 / 19,072

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

Quabbin Open 2016: 28.53UMass ODS Fall 2016: 27.99Monument Mountain Winter 2017: 22.13WPI Winter Cube Day 2017: 21.10Maybe Melrose Spring 2017: 20.8520.8528.5324 Sep 201629 Apr 2017

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.

  • Livia Kleiner — met in 15 rounds, never finished ahead
  • JP Noone — met in 15 rounds, never finished ahead
  • Evans Wood — met in 14 rounds, finished ahead 7 times

Next targets

  • A sub-8 Pyraminx single — 46,752 people have one; it is 0.01 away.
  • A sub-4 2×2 single — 49,452 people have one; it is 0.99 away.

Targets move as he improves.