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Anton Palnev (Антон Па́льнев)

3×3 one-handed · top 4.5% of 73,695 all-time · competing since May 2019 · 2019PALN01

Anton Palnev (Антон Па́льнев) has been competing for 7 years. His best event is the 3×3 one-handed: a personal-best single of 13.05, set at Samara Speedcubing Fest 2019, puts him in the top 4.5% of the 73,695 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 56th in Russia. Until January 2010, no official 3×3 one-handed solve in the world had been that fast. Across 4 competitions since May 2019, he has put 105 official solves on the record across five events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, an early reading from 8 counted rounds. That figure sets aside his 3 DNFs. His 3×3 best has come down from 11.16 in May 2019 to 9.32, a 16% improvement. Anton has entered four competitions, more competitions than 78% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3 one-handed
best event — top 4.5% of 73,695 all-time
13.05
signature single · Samara Speedcubing Fest 2019
105
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingRussia
3×3 one-handed13.0518.52
top 4.5%56 / 1,770
3×39.3211.62
top 5.6%199 / 6,475
Pyraminx3.867.76
top 7.0%185 / 3,777
2×23.084.75
top 15.2%556 / 4,782
4×450.741:01.63
top 25.6%411 / 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

Volga Cubing 2019: 11.16YJ Kazan 2019: 10.62YJ Fest Moscow 2019: 11.95Samara Speedcubing Fest 2019: 9.329.3211.954 May 201926 Oct 2019

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-12 3×3 one-handed single — 2,187 people have one; it is 1.05 away.
  • A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.32 away.

Targets move as he improves.