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Erik Shakirov

2×2 · top 0.29% of 186,767 all-time · competing since August 2012 · 2012SHAK01

Erik Shakirov has been competing for 14 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 0.85, set at MPEI Open 2019, puts him in the top 0.29% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 14th in Russia. Until November 2011, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 21 competitions since August 2012, he has put 826 official solves on the record across nine events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, steadier than 82% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 14.77 in August 2012 to 6.48, a 56% improvement. Erik has entered 21 competitions, more competitions than 97% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 0.29% of 186,767 all-time
0.85
signature single · MPEI Open 2019
826
official solves on the record
11%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 82% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingRussia
2×20.853.49
top 0.29%14 / 4,782
3×36.489.05
top 0.84%22 / 6,475
3×3 one-handed14.5217.10
top 7.1%99 / 1,770
4×435.8638.55
top 7.5%84 / 2,080
5×51:15.961:28.11
top 16.1%100 / 941
6×63:27.553:59.86
top 53.8%152 / 343
3×3 Fewest Moves42 moves—
top 55.5%183 / 366
7×76:34.64—
early days — 2 solves181 / 270
Pyraminx14.4127.56
top 79.6%3,031 / 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

Moscow North-West Open 2012: 14.77MPEI Open 2012: 12.22Nelidovo Open 2013: 10.55MPEI Open 2013: 10.18Tatarstan Spring Open 2017: 9.04Udmurtia Open 2017: 8.93Chak-chak cubing in Kazan 2017: 9.35Chak-chak cubing in Kazan 2018: 8.27One LY Cube 2018: 8.14Chelny Open 2018: 8.41Almet Open 2018: 8.24Sergach Winter 2019: 8.30YJ Kazan 2019: 8.95Udmurtia Open 2019: 8.55Chelny Summer 2019: 7.30MPEI Open 2019: 9.13CCC Qualification Kazan 2020: 8.41CCC Qualification SPB 2020: 7.97Georgia Autumn Open 2022: 6.48Tbilisi Open 2022: 7.38Georgia Spring Open 2023: 7.506.4814.7711 Aug 20124 Mar 2023

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-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 0.48 away.
  • A sub-12 3×3 one-handed single — 2,187 people have one; it is 2.52 away.

Targets move as he improves.