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Denis Karev (Денис Карьев)

2×2 · top 25.2% of 186,767 all-time · competing since August 2018 · 2018KARE01

Denis Karev (Денис Карьев) has been competing for 8 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 3.90, set at Luga Open 2019, puts him in the top 25.2% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 983rd in Russia. Across 4 competitions since August 2018, he has put 84 official solves on the record across four events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 20% around a typical one, an early reading from 5 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 1:20.92 in August 2018 to 22.00, a 73% improvement. Denis has entered four competitions, more competitions than 78% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 25.2% of 186,767 all-time
3.90
signature single · Luga Open 2019
84
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingRussia
2×23.907.39
top 25.2%983 / 4,782
3×322.0025.33
top 45.4%2,561 / 6,475
Skewb8.7516.31
top 46.7%845 / 2,264
Pyraminx10.0812.77
top 53.6%2,003 / 3,777

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

SPB Summer 2018: 1:20.92Welcome to Academy 2018: 1:06.38SPB Muffin Winter 2019: 32.04Luga Open 2019: 22.0022.001:20.924 Aug 20184 May 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-3 2×2 single — 26,570 people have one; it is 0.90 away.
  • A sub-20 3×3 single — 113,584 people have one; it is 2.00 away.

Targets move as he improves.