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Daniil Popov

Skewb · top 41.4% of 73,281 all-time · competing since April 2015 · 2015POPO03

Daniil Popov has been competing for 11 years. His best event is the Skewb: a personal-best single of 8.02, set at Bogoroditsk Open 2021, puts him in the top 41.4% of the 73,281 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 715th in Russia. Across 14 competitions since April 2015, he has put 208 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one; 79% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 41.77 in April 2015 to 22.30, a 47% improvement. Daniil has entered 14 competitions, more competitions than 95% of everyone who has ever competed.

Skewb
best event — top 41.4% of 73,281 all-time
8.02
signature single · Bogoroditsk Open 2021
208
official solves on the record
15%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 79% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingRussia
Skewb8.0212.07
top 41.4%715 / 2,264
3×322.3028.44
top 46.2%2,613 / 6,475
2×26.738.84
top 58.2%2,536 / 4,782
Pyraminx12.0615.17
top 67.6%2,559 / 3,777
Clock22.4427.30
top 71.2%441 / 714
3×3 one-handed1:04.861:21.17
top 86.6%1,536 / 1,770

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

Saint Petersburg Spring Open 2015: 41.77Saint Petersburg Summer Open 2015: 30.15Saint Petersburg Autumn Open 2015: 27.02Saint Petersburg Welcome To 2016: 52.27SPB Championship 2016: 24.28SPB Winter 2016: 27.91Cuberussia in MSK 2017: 22.30Cuberussia in Kalmykia 2017: 28.74Perm Open 2019: 25.84CCC Qualification Kaliningrad 2019: 22.58SPB Muffin Mini 2021: 27.14Bogoroditsk Open 2021: 29.6222.3052.2712 Apr 201529 May 2021

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-8 Skewb single — 30,246 people have one; it is 0.02 away.
  • A sub-20 3×3 single — 113,584 people have one; it is 2.30 away.

Targets move as he improves.