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Artem Tsvetkov (Артём Цветков)

2×2 · top 7.2% of 186,767 all-time · competing since May 2018 · 2018TSVE02

Artem Tsvetkov (Артём Цветков) has been competing for 8 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.32, set at Luga Open 2019, puts him in the top 7.2% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 230th in Russia. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 9 competitions since May 2018, he has put 166 official solves on the record across ten events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, an early reading from 8 counted rounds. His 2×2 best has come down from 3.72 in September 2018 to 2.32, a 38% improvement. Artem has entered nine competitions, more competitions than 91% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 7.2% of 186,767 all-time
2.32
signature single · Luga Open 2019
166
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingRussia
2×22.324.41
top 7.2%230 / 4,782
Pyraminx4.8210.49
top 12.1%347 / 3,777
3×311.7314.46
top 13.0%572 / 6,475
4×450.211:07.56
top 25.0%391 / 2,080
3×3 one-handed21.7524.44
top 25.3%406 / 1,770
Skewb7.2410.60
top 35.5%584 / 2,264
Megaminx1:45.272:04.96
top 37.7%243 / 998
5×51:53.322:07.95
top 44.9%361 / 941
7×77:33.72
early days — 2 solves229 / 270
Clock1:01.34
early days — 1 solve699 / 714

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

Speedcubes Fest in SPB 2018: 3.72Welcome to Academy 2018: 5.35SPB Muffin Winter 2019: 3.74CCC Open Moscow 2019: 2.89Luga Open 2019: 2.322.325.3529 Sep 20184 May 2019

Best single per competition, 2×2. 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 0.32 away.
  • A sub-4 Pyraminx single — 9,892 people have one; it is 0.82 away.

Targets move as he improves.