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Vadim Ponomarev

Pyraminx · top 34.9% of 129,321 all-time · competing since September 2021 · 2021PONO01

Vadim Ponomarev has been competing for 5 years. His best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 7.84, set at Ural Winter 2022, puts him in the top 34.9% of the 129,321 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,237th in Russia. Across 3 competitions since September 2021, he has put 51 official solves on the record across five events. His Pyraminx best has come down from 10.46 in September 2021 to 7.84, a 25% improvement. Vadim has entered three competitions, more competitions than 69% of everyone who has ever competed.

Pyraminx
best event — top 34.9% of 129,321 all-time
7.84
signature single · Ural Winter 2022
51
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingRussia
Pyraminx7.8411.45
top 34.9%1,237 / 3,777
2×26.729.23
top 58.1%2,528 / 4,782
3×329.3435.39
top 61.4%3,671 / 6,475
Clock22.7034.25
top 71.8%449 / 714
3×3 one-handed1:32.21
early days — 2 solves1,693 / 1,770

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

Cubing Ekat Open 2021: 10.46Ural Autumn 2021: 9.45Ural Winter 2022: 7.847.8410.4611 Sep 202113 Feb 2022

Best single per competition, Pyraminx. 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-6 Pyraminx single — 25,870 people have one; it is 1.84 away.
  • A sub-6 2×2 single — 95,042 people have one; it is 0.72 away.

Targets move as he improves.