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Artem Yashkov

2×2 · top 0.9% of 186,767 all-time · competing since March 2014 · 2014YASH01

Artem Yashkov has been competing for 12 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.15, set at Moscow South-West Open 2015, puts him in the top 0.9% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 33rd in Russia. Until November 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 24 competitions since March 2014, he has put 2,013 official solves on the record across 14 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, steadier than 90% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 14.66 in March 2014 to 7.78, a 47% improvement. Artem has entered 24 competitions, more competitions than 97% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 0.9% of 186,767 all-time
1.15
signature single · Moscow South-West Open 2015
2,013
official solves on the record
11%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 90% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingRussia
2×21.152.88
top 0.9%33 / 4,782
4×427.8934.84
top 1.7%14 / 2,080
3×37.788.90
top 2.4%74 / 6,475
Skewb2.443.91
top 2.7%30 / 2,264
3×3 one-handed11.8214.72
top 2.8%33 / 1,770
Pyraminx3.524.89
top 5.5%140 / 3,777
5×51:04.011:09.17
top 7.8%37 / 941
Square-111.0817.38
top 8.1%29 / 759
Megaminx57.821:01.11
top 8.9%53 / 998
Clock8.1910.61
top 16.1%76 / 714
6×62:16.332:28.48
top 18.6%43 / 343
3×3 Fewest Moves34 moves38.33
top 26.7%73 / 366
7×73:58.854:20.00
top 30.3%56 / 270
3×3 blindfolded5:55.28—
early days — 1 solve252 / 310

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

Tula Open 2014: 14.66CCC Autumn Open 2014: 11.18MPEI Open 2014: 11.77Dvina 3.0 2015: 10.08Saint Petersburg Spring Open 2015: 9.84Saint Petersburg Summer Open 2015: 10.15Moscow South-West Open 2015: 8.54Saint Petersburg Autumn Open 2015: 9.71Saint Petersburg Welcome To 2016: 9.28CCC Spring Open 2016: 8.98CCC Summer Open 2016: 8.89MPEI Open 2016: 9.23SPB Winter 2016: 8.73Cuberussia in SPB 2017: 8.59Welcome to Saratov 2017: 7.78Svetlye Gory Open 2017: 7.98SPB Championship 2017: 8.56Saratov Winter Open 2017: 9.06Svetlye Gory Open 2018: 8.49SPB Summer 2018: 8.36Welcome to Academy 2018: 8.24SPB Muffin Winter 2019: 8.18CCC Open Moscow 2019: 8.38CCC Qualification Saratov 2019: 8.947.7814.6628 Mar 201424 Aug 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 0.15 away.
  • A sub-25 4×4 single — 588 people have one; it is 2.89 away.

Targets move as he improves.