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Denys Kovalov (Денис Ковальов)

3×3 · top 43.9% of 284,439 all-time · competing since May 2014 · 2014KOVA06

Denys Kovalov (Денис Ковальов) has been competing for 12 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 21.44, set at Ukrainian Open 2015, puts him in the top 43.9% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,151st in Ukraine. Across 2 competitions since May 2014, he has put 52 official solves on the record across nine events. His 3×3 best has come down from 24.30 in May 2014 to 21.44, a 12% improvement. Denys has entered two competitions.

3×3
best event — top 43.9% of 284,439 all-time
21.44
signature single · Ukrainian Open 2015
52
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUkraine
3×321.4427.39
top 43.9%1,151 / 2,868
2×28.1812.37
top 68.9%1,277 / 1,894
3×3 blindfolded4:04.844:17.99
early days — 3 solves118 / 177
Pyraminx13.8317.33
top 77.0%1,206 / 1,471
4×42:10.44
top 86.0%735 / 867
3×3 one-handed1:07.47
top 87.9%674 / 755
5×56:38.51
early days — 2 solves427 / 425
Megaminx8:24.27
early days — 2 solves426 / 424
Skewb1:00.80
early days — 1 solve886 / 884

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

Ukrainian Nationals 2014: 24.30Ukrainian Open 2015: 21.4421.4424.3010 May 201429 May 2015

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-20 3×3 single — 113,584 people have one; it is 1.44 away.
  • A sub-8 2×2 single — 126,624 people have one; it is 0.18 away.

Targets move as he improves.