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Alexey Zakharov (Алексей Захаров)

2×2 · top 6.2% of 186,767 all-time · competing since May 2019 · 2019ZAKH05

Alexey Zakharov (Алексей Захаров) has been competing for 7 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.20, set at Welcome to Murmansk 2021, puts him in the top 6.2% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 201st in Russia. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 3 competitions since May 2019, he has put 120 official solves on the record across eight events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, an early reading from 5 counted rounds. That figure sets aside his 3 DNFs. His 3×3 best has come down from 35.54 in May 2019 to 19.19, a 46% improvement. Alexey has entered three competitions, more competitions than 69% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 6.2% of 186,767 all-time
2.20
signature single · Welcome to Murmansk 2021
120
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingRussia
2×22.205.56
top 6.2%201 / 4,782
Skewb3.328.54
top 6.7%92 / 2,264
Pyraminx5.076.31
top 13.6%413 / 3,777
4×457.171:09.12
top 33.3%549 / 2,080
3×319.1922.77
top 37.6%2,029 / 6,475
Megaminx2:24.682:50.12
top 58.7%431 / 998
3×3 one-handed41.1551.82
top 66.9%1,145 / 1,770
5×52:57.673:17.62
top 77.3%683 / 941

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

Welcome to Murmansk 2019: 35.54CCC Qualification Murmansk 2019: 23.98Welcome to Murmansk 2021: 19.1919.1935.5425 May 201922 May 2021

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 0.20 away.
  • A sub-3 Skewb single — 3,646 people have one; it is 0.32 away.

Targets move as he improves.