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Andrei Solntsev

3×3 blindfolded · top 5.2% of 12,178 all-time · competing since April 2018 · 2018SOLN01

Andrei Solntsev has been competing for 8 years. His best event is the 3×3 blindfolded: a personal-best single of 34.00, set at Tallinn Open 2019, puts him in the top 5.2% of the 12,178 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1st in Estonia. Until February 2010, no official 3×3 blindfolded solve in the world had been that fast. Across 31 competitions since April 2018, he has put 1,098 official solves on the record across 17 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one; 56% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 one-handed best has come down from 40.72 in April 2018 to 16.22, a 60% improvement. Andrei has entered 31 competitions, more competitions than 98% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3 blindfolded
best event — top 5.2% of 12,178 all-time
34.00
signature single · Tallinn Open 2019
1,098
official solves on the record
13%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 56% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingEstonia
3×3 blindfolded34.0042.73
top 5.2%1 / 24
2×22.233.53
top 6.5%22 / 244
3×3 one-handed16.2220.30
top 10.7%11 / 115
3×311.3912.71
top 11.8%36 / 308
Pyraminx5.2810.43
top 14.9%38 / 186
Skewb4.597.96
top 15.1%25 / 126
4×445.6652.15
top 19.2%20 / 124
3×3 Fewest Moves33 moves37.67
top 23.4%6 / 35
3×3 Multi-Blind9 of 10 cubes · 58:57—
top 25.4%2 / 13
Square-121.6826.72
top 31.7%10 / 46
5×51:53.272:05.85
top 44.9%23 / 59
4×4 blindfolded8:58.96—
top 51.3%3 / 6
Clock23.1627.19
top 72.8%40 / 48
5×5 blindfolded26:33.00—
early days — 2 solves2 / 2
6×64:54.755:26.41
top 80.5%19 / 26
Megaminx3:26.71—
top 82.7%40 / 45
7×713:15.00—
early days — 1 solve19 / 19

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

Pärnu Open 2018: 40.72Narva Open 2018: 31.22Tallinn Open 2018: 30.13Estonian Open 2018: 24.15Latvian Open 2018: 21.07Tartu Open 2018: 24.84Narva Winter 2019: 21.10Kaunas Open 2019: 21.51Randvere Cube Day 2019: 20.40Denmark & Friends 2019: 21.60Myyrmäki Summer Challenge 2019: 19.30Tallinn Open 2019: 17.21Estonian Open 2019: 17.14Tartu Open 2019: 18.68Estonian Open 2020: 20.79Estonian Open 2021: 19.54Tartu Open 2021: 16.22Twist 'n Turn Tallinn 2022: 21.19Tallinn Open 2022: 17.56Estonian Open 2022: 19.63TKTK Workday Cubing I 2023: 20.81Estonian Open 2023: 17.32Estonian Championship 2025: 17.60PärNuti Cubing 2025: 21.77Estcubes Open 2026: 17.89Nuti Cube Day 2026: 18.6516.2240.727 Apr 201811 Apr 2026

Best single per competition, 3×3 one-handed. 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-30 3×3 blindfolded single — 501 people have one; it is 4.00 away.
  • A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.23 away.

Targets move as he improves.