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Alexander Pogorelov (Александр Погорелов)

2×2 · top 8.7% of 186,767 all-time · competing since May 2018 · 2018POGO01

Alexander Pogorelov (Александр Погорелов) has been competing for 8 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.48, set at Luga Open 2019, puts him in the top 8.7% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 283rd in Russia. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 11 competitions since May 2018, he has put 231 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 79% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 20.59 in May 2018 to 13.65, a 34% improvement. Alexander has entered eleven competitions, more competitions than 93% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 8.7% of 186,767 all-time
2.48
signature single · Luga Open 2019
231
official solves on the record
12%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 79% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingRussia
2×22.485.06
top 8.7%283 / 4,782
Pyraminx4.327.02
top 9.3%250 / 3,777
3×313.6514.16
top 19.7%945 / 6,475
4×41:15.151:24.91
top 51.7%913 / 2,080
3×3 one-handed33.2639.48
top 53.9%911 / 1,770
Skewb12.2614.76
top 67.3%1,320 / 2,264

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

YJ Fest 2018: 20.59Svetlye Gory Open 2018: 22.34YJ Fest Belarus 2018: 20.26MPEI Open 2018: 16.48CCC Open Moscow 2019: 14.72Luga Open 2019: 14.00Belarus Nationals 2019: 16.05YJ Fest Moscow 2019: 16.35Ramenskoe Open 2019: 15.02Tver EaZyCube Race 2019: 13.65MPEI Open 2019: 13.9113.6522.3418 May 201822 Nov 2019

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-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.48 away.
  • A sub-4 Pyraminx single — 9,892 people have one; it is 0.32 away.

Targets move as he improves.