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Alexey Baranov

Skewb · top 15.3% of 73,281 all-time · competing since August 2017 · 2017BARA09

Alexey Baranov has been competing for 9 years. His best event is the Skewb: a personal-best single of 4.61, set at Izhevsk Winter Cube 2020, puts him in the top 15.3% of the 73,281 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 230th in Russia. Across 13 competitions since August 2017, he has put 310 official solves on the record across eight events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 16% around a typical one; 89% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 1:14.52 in August 2017 to 19.34, a 74% improvement. Alexey has entered 13 competitions, more competitions than 94% of everyone who has ever competed.

Skewb
best event — top 15.3% of 73,281 all-time
4.61
signature single · Izhevsk Winter Cube 2020
310
official solves on the record
16%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 89% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingRussia
Skewb4.6113.16
top 15.3%230 / 2,264
Pyraminx6.7215.20
top 25.6%889 / 3,777
3×319.3422.97
top 38.1%2,060 / 6,475
2×25.528.04
top 45.5%1,909 / 4,782
Clock27.2733.95
top 80.7%516 / 714
3×3 one-handed1:07.351:27.92
top 87.8%1,550 / 1,770
3×3 blindfolded8:20.34
early days — 2 solves288 / 310
4×43:07.68
early days — 2 solves1,999 / 2,080

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

Udmurtia Open 2017: 1:14.52Home is not DNF 2017: 1:00.56Chak-chak cubing in Kazan 2017: 47.69Chak-chak cubing in Kazan 2018: 30.05One LY Cube 2018: 35.71Chelny Open 2018: 27.40Ufa Open 2018: 28.47Almet Open 2018: 22.06Izhevsk Winter Cube 2019: 26.67YJ Kazan 2019: 25.20Udmurtia Open 2019: 20.15Chelny Summer 2019: 19.34Izhevsk Winter Cube 2020: 19.5719.341:14.5212 Aug 20178 Feb 2020

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 0.61 away.
  • A sub-6 Pyraminx single — 25,870 people have one; it is 0.72 away.

Targets move as he improves.