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Alexey Oblaukhov

2×2 · top 2.7% of 186,767 all-time · competing since August 2011 · 2011OBLA01

Alexey Oblaukhov has been competing for 15 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.63, set at Russia Open 2011, puts him in the top 2.7% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 94th in Russia. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 8 competitions since August 2011, he has put 326 official solves on the record across 13 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one; 57% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. That figure sets aside his 5 DNFs. His 3×3 best has come down from 15.00 in August 2011 to 11.52, a 23% improvement. Alexey has entered eight competitions, more competitions than 90% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 2.7% of 186,767 all-time
1.63
signature single · Russia Open 2011
326
official solves on the record
13%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 57% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingRussia
2×21.632.23
top 2.7%94 / 4,782
3×311.5212.92
top 12.2%529 / 6,475
3×3 Fewest Moves30 moves
early days — 1 solve35 / 366
4×446.5053.10
top 20.2%278 / 2,080
3×3 blindfolded1:24.331:42.63
top 21.2%43 / 310
3×3 Multi-Blind6 of 6 cubes · 36:01
top 30.2%25 / 98
5×51:33.801:45.55
top 30.5%223 / 941
3×3 one-handed28.1934.00
top 42.4%692 / 1,770
Pyraminx9.0513.98
top 45.3%1,662 / 3,777
4×4 blindfolded10:27.00
early days — 1 solve26 / 36
Megaminx2:41.472:58.33
top 66.6%522 / 998
5×5 blindfolded24:25.00
early days — 1 solve21 / 23
Square-11:23.69
early days — 3 solves703 / 759

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

Russia Open 2011: 15.00MPEI Open 2011: 13.06Moscow North-West Open 2012: 11.52European Rubik's Cube Championship 2012: 11.83Avalon Open 2013: 12.03Tomsk Blind Weekend 2014: 15.43Novosibirsk Planetarium Open 2016: 12.22Novosibirsk Planetarium Open 2017: 14.2711.5215.4327 Aug 201115 Apr 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-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.63 away.
  • A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 1.52 away.

Targets move as he improves.