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Artem Abunyaev (Артём Абуняев)

2×2 · top 2.7% of 186,767 all-time · competing since July 2018 · 2018ABUN01

Artem Abunyaev (Артём Абуняев) has been competing for 8 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.62, set at EkatCube Spring 2019, puts him in the top 2.7% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 93rd in Russia. Until November 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 6 competitions since July 2018, he has put 162 official solves on the record across five events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 10% around a typical one, steadier than 98% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 15.70 in July 2018 to 7.97, a 49% improvement. Artem has entered six competitions, more competitions than 86% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 2.7% of 186,767 all-time
1.62
signature single · EkatCube Spring 2019
162
official solves on the record
10%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 98% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingRussia
2×21.623.79
top 2.7%93 / 4,782
3×37.9710.06
top 2.7%86 / 6,475
Pyraminx4.816.40
top 12.0%346 / 3,777
3×3 one-handed18.9224.58
top 17.6%263 / 1,770
Skewb5.538.24
top 22.2%356 / 2,264

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

Ekat Summer 2018: 15.70EkatCube Spring 2019: 10.25CCC Open Moscow 2019: 10.78Ural Spring 2019: 7.97Ramenskoe Open 2019: 9.22MPEI Open 2019: 10.097.9715.7021 Jul 201822 Nov 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-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.62 away.
  • A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 1.97 away.

Targets move as he improves.