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Alexander Belyakov

3×3 · top 4.4% of 284,439 all-time · competing since January 2016 · 2016BELY01

Alexander Belyakov has been competing for 11 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.80, set at Back 2 Santiago 2017, puts him in the top 4.4% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 148th in Russia. Until May 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 7 competitions since January 2016, he has put 331 official solves on the record across eleven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one; 55% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 17.88 in January 2016 to 8.80, a 51% improvement. Alexander has entered seven competitions, more competitions than 88% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 4.4% of 284,439 all-time
8.80
signature single · Back 2 Santiago 2017
331
official solves on the record
13%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 55% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingRussia
3×38.8010.89
top 4.4%148 / 6,475
2×22.703.95
top 10.9%369 / 4,782
3×3 one-handed17.8520.63
top 14.7%212 / 1,770
4×446.8657.58
top 20.6%285 / 2,080
Pyraminx6.727.86
top 25.6%889 / 3,777
Skewb7.5311.21
top 37.7%638 / 2,264
5×52:07.592:12.17
top 54.0%450 / 941
Square-137.3659.69
top 61.8%401 / 759
Megaminx2:53.213:37.69
top 71.6%586 / 998
3×3 blindfolded4:17.50
early days — 1 solve194 / 310
6×64:46.405:13.14
early days — 3 solves250 / 343

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

De Cabeza en 360 2016: 17.88Republica Dominicana Spring 2016: 14.60Santo Domingo Summer 2016: 12.00Santo Domingo Fall 2016: 9.92Santiago Open 2017: 11.03Latin America Cubing Tour - Santo Domingo 2017: 9.74Back 2 Santiago 2017: 8.808.8017.8816 Jan 201622 Oct 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.

Next targets

  • A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.80 away.
  • A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.70 away.

Targets move as he improves.