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Andrei Sobolev
2×2 · top 2.1% of 189,179 all-time · competing since March 2025 · 2025SOBO01
Andrei Sobolev has been competing for a year. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.48, set at Rubik's Italian Championship 2025, puts him in the top 2.1% of the 189,179 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 75th in Russia. Until November 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 10 competitions since March 2025, he has put 414 official solves on the record across eleven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 77% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 16.15 in March 2025 to 10.44, a 35% improvement. Andrei has entered ten competitions, more competitions than 92% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Russia | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 1.48 | 2.55 | top 2.1% | 75 / 4,788 | |
| 3×3 | 10.44 | 11.46 | top 8.8% | 347 / 6,485 | |
| Clock | 7.24 | 7.36 | top 11.8% | 52 / 715 | |
| Pyraminx | 4.80 | 7.79 | top 12.0% | 343 / 3,784 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 19.02 | 22.23 | top 17.9% | 274 / 1,772 | |
| Skewb | 6.68 | 11.20 | top 31.2% | 491 / 2,264 | |
| 4×4 | 57.12 | 1:07.91 | top 33.4% | 548 / 2,085 | |
| 5×5 | 1:54.54 | — | top 45.8% | 367 / 942 | |
| Square-1 | 30.32 | 38.18 | top 50.0% | 300 / 760 | |
| Megaminx | 2:31.40 | — | early days — 2 solves | 461 / 999 | |
| 6×6 | 4:57.78 | — | early days — 1 solve | 259 / 343 |
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
Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 11 Apr 2026Three personal bests in one day at Muggiò Spring 2026.
- 21 Feb 2026Three personal bests in one day at Belli in Zona 2026.
- 6 Dec 2025Four personal bests in one day at Rubik's Italian Championship 2025.
- 18 Oct 2025Four personal bests in one day at Muggiò: IC Qualifier 2025.
- 11 Oct 2025Six personal bests in one day at Ticino Open 2025.
- 23 Aug 2025Three personal bests in one day at Em Ammò Mia Cubat Asee 2025.
Competitions
- Swiss Nationals 2026 · 16 Oct 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Muggiò Spring 2026 · 11 Apr 2026 — 3 personal bests set
- Belli in Zona 2026 · 21 Feb 2026 — 3 personal bests set
- Rubik's Italian Championship 2025 · 6 Dec 2025 — 4 personal bests set
- Muggiò: IC Qualifier 2025 · 18 Oct 2025 — 4 personal bests set
- Ticino Open 2025 · 11 Oct 2025 — 6 personal bests set
- Em Ammò Mia Cubat Asee 2025 · 23 Aug 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Illasi al Cubo 2025 · 17 May 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Show Your Skills in Ponte Tresa 2025 · 23 Mar 2025
- Muggiò Spring 2025 · 15 Mar 2025 — 1 personal best set
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.
- Ismaele Chiarella — met in 75 rounds, finished ahead 7 times
- Mattia Perego — met in 70 rounds, finished ahead 12 times
- Giosuele Chiarella — met in 69 rounds, finished ahead 36 times
Next targets
- A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,050 people have one; it is 0.48 away.
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,606 people have one; it is 0.44 away.
Targets move as he improves.