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Alex Bogaev

2×2 · top 12.8% of 186,767 all-time · competing since January 2013 · 2013BOGA01

Alex Bogaev has been competing for 14 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.87, set at US Nationals 2015, puts him in the top 12.8% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 5,017th in the United States. Across 5 competitions since January 2013, he has put 134 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 17% around a typical one, an early reading from 8 counted rounds. His 2×2 best has come down from 4.73 in February 2015 to 2.87, a 39% improvement. Alex has entered five competitions, more competitions than 83% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 12.8% of 186,767 all-time
2.87
signature single · US Nationals 2015
134
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
2×22.874.05
top 12.8%5,017 / 40,951
3×312.5815.77
top 15.9%8,542 / 59,724
4×452.201:01.50
top 27.4%4,231 / 19,072
5×51:43.631:51.31
top 38.0%3,048 / 9,401
6×63:55.173:57.38
top 63.8%2,467 / 4,196
7×76:30.17
early days — 2 solves2,313 / 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

SMA Winter 2015: 4.73Remember The Alamo 2015: 5.26Texas Two-Day Showdown 2015: 3.97US Nationals 2015: 2.872.875.267 Feb 201531 Jul 2015

Best single per competition, 2×2. 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-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.87 away.
  • A sub-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 0.58 away.

Targets move as he improves.