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Emil Khalimov

3×3 · top 2.9% of 284,439 all-time · competing since March 2018 · 2018KHAL02

Emil Khalimov has been competing for 8 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.07, set at Nizhny Novgorod Spring Open 2019, puts him in the top 2.9% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 90th in Russia. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 8 competitions since March 2018, he has put 530 official solves on the record across twelve events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one; 57% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 16.85 in March 2018 to 8.07, a 52% improvement. Emil has entered eight competitions, more competitions than 90% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 2.9% of 284,439 all-time
8.07
signature single · Nizhny Novgorod Spring Open 2019
530
official solves on the record
13%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 57% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingRussia
3×38.079.80
top 2.9%90 / 6,475
Pyraminx2.883.71
top 3.2%71 / 3,777
4×436.3841.13
top 8.0%92 / 2,080
2×22.423.14
top 8.1%261 / 4,782
Skewb3.576.26
top 8.2%117 / 2,264
Square-112.3216.53
top 10.5%46 / 759
5×51:09.491:19.64
top 11.3%56 / 941
Megaminx1:12.811:16.11
top 17.3%92 / 998
3×3 one-handed22.5726.97
top 27.6%440 / 1,770
6×62:44.382:59.29
top 33.2%83 / 343
7×74:18.824:35.59
top 37.3%83 / 270
Clock15.0518.23
top 48.1%255 / 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

Chak-chak cubing in Kazan 2018: 16.85One LY Cube 2018: 10.69Chelny Open 2018: 12.12Almet Open 2018: 9.75Sergach Winter 2019: 9.20Nizhny Novgorod Spring Open 2019: 8.07YJ Kazan 2019: 8.96CCC Qualification Kazan 2020: 8.788.0716.8524 Mar 20184 Jan 2020

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 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.07 away.
  • A sub-2 Pyraminx single — 1,476 people have one; it is 0.88 away.

Targets move as he improves.