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Vanja Boss
Pyraminx · top 0.98% of 130,891 all-time · competing since January 2022 · 2022BOSS01
Vanja Boss has been competing for 5 years. His best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 1.90, set at Utah Speedcubing Speedoff 2026, puts him in the top 0.98% of the 130,891 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 17th in Germany. Until April 2012, no official Pyraminx solve in the world had been that fast. Across 9 competitions since January 2022, he has put 243 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 80% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 15.96 in January 2022 to 9.18, a 42% improvement. Vanja has entered nine competitions, more competitions than 91% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Germany | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pyraminx | 1.90 | 3.43 | top 0.98% | 17 / 2,020 | |
| 3×3 | 9.18 | 10.76 | top 5.3% | 269 / 4,182 | |
| Skewb | 4.29 | 8.46 | top 13.0% | 178 / 1,192 | |
| 2×2 | 3.64 | 5.17 | top 22.0% | 762 / 2,931 | |
| Megaminx | 1:37.68 | 1:51.83 | top 33.3% | 249 / 798 | |
| Clock | 15.60 | 17.24 | top 50.3% | 332 / 647 | |
| 5×5 | 2:13.97 | 2:22.89 | top 57.8% | 630 / 1,175 |
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, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 22 Oct 2022Three personal bests in one day at Utah Championship 2022.
- 17 Sep 2022Five personal bests in one day at Gem State Side Events 2022.
- 27 Aug 2022First sub-10 3×3: 9.44 at Back to School Utah 2022.
- 27 Aug 2022Four personal bests in one day at Back to School Utah 2022.
- 30 Apr 2022First sub-15 3×3: 13.05 at Utah Puzzling for Awareness 2022.
- 30 Apr 2022Three personal bests in one day at Utah Puzzling for Awareness 2022.
Competitions
- Utah Speedcubing Speedoff 2026 · 12 Sep 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Utah Championship 2025 · 29 Nov 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Utah Snowball Bash 2022 · 10 Dec 2022 — 2 personal bests set
- Utah Championship 2022 · 22 Oct 2022 — 3 personal bests set
- Gem State Side Events 2022 · 17 Sep 2022 — 5 personal bests set
- Back to School Utah 2022 · 27 Aug 2022 — 4 personal bests set
- Utah's California Gull Extravaganza 2022 · 20 May 2022 — 1 personal best set
- Utah Puzzling for Awareness 2022 · 30 Apr 2022 — 3 personal bests set
- Utah Ice Cubing 2022 · 29 Jan 2022 — 1 personal best set
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.
- Damian Wilding — met in 49 rounds, finished ahead 23 times
- Calvin Nielson — met in 40 rounds, finished ahead 8 times
- Isaac Myers — met in 40 rounds, finished ahead 7 times
Next targets
- A sub-1 Pyraminx single — 49 people have one; it is 0.90 away.
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 8,101 people have one; it is 1.18 away.
Targets move as he improves.