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Alexandr Gruk (Александр Грук)

Skewb · top 16.1% of 73,281 all-time · competing since June 2018 · 2018GRUK01

Alexandr Gruk (Александр Грук) has been competing for 8 years. His best event is the Skewb: a personal-best single of 4.72, set at MPEI Open 2018, puts him in the top 16.1% of the 73,281 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 241st in Russia. Across 4 competitions since June 2018, he has put 57 official solves on the record across five events. His 3×3 best has come down from 32.95 in June 2018 to 19.21, a 42% improvement. Alexandr has entered four competitions, more competitions than 78% of everyone who has ever competed.

Skewb
best event — top 16.1% of 73,281 all-time
4.72
signature single · MPEI Open 2018
57
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingRussia
Skewb4.729.63
top 16.1%241 / 2,264
2×23.735.94
top 23.1%891 / 4,782
Pyraminx8.029.17
top 36.3%1,303 / 3,777
3×319.2122.07
top 37.7%2,036 / 6,475
3×3 one-handed44.05
early days — 2 solves1,207 / 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

Svetlye Gory Open 2018: 32.95MPEI Open 2018: 23.50CCC Open Moscow 2019: 19.53MPEI Open 2019: 19.2119.2132.9529 Jun 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-4 Skewb single — 7,977 people have one; it is 0.72 away.
  • A sub-3 2×2 single — 26,570 people have one; it is 0.73 away.

Targets move as he improves.