People · Russia
Fidan Gaffarov
2×2 · top 0.9% of 186,767 all-time · competing since March 2017 · 2017GAFF02
Fidan Gaffarov has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.15, set at EkatCube Spring 2019, puts him in the top 0.9% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 33rd in Russia. Until November 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 20 competitions since March 2017, he has put 608 official solves on the record across eight events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 81% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 28.54 in March 2017 to 9.79, a 66% improvement. Fidan has entered 20 competitions, more competitions than 97% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Russia | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 1.15 | 3.88 | top 0.9% | 33 / 4,782 | |
| 3×3 | 9.79 | 12.41 | top 6.9% | 249 / 6,475 | |
| Pyraminx | 5.27 | 9.80 | top 14.9% | 462 / 3,777 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 19.26 | 26.91 | top 18.5% | 284 / 1,770 | |
| 4×4 | 51.25 | 54.60 | top 26.3% | 420 / 2,080 | |
| 3×3 blindfolded | 2:34.13 | — | top 44.6% | 112 / 310 | |
| Megaminx | 3:15.32 | 3:29.00 | top 79.4% | 675 / 998 | |
| Clock | 29.27 | 42.30 | top 83.4% | 541 / 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
Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 21 Dec 2019Three personal bests in one day at Volga Open 2019.
- 22 Dec 2018First sub-10 3×3: 9.79 at Kostroma Winter Open 2018.
- 7 Apr 2018Three personal bests in one day at Kalmykia Open 2018.
- 24 Mar 2018Three personal bests in one day at Chak-chak cubing in Kazan 2018.
- 3 Feb 2018Five personal bests in one day at Krasnoyarsk Winter Open 2018.
- 4 Jan 2018First sub-15 3×3: 13.79 at Moscow Winter Cubing 2018.
Competitions
- Volga Open 2019 · 21 Dec 2019 — 3 personal bests set
- CCC Open Moscow 2019 · 13 Apr 2019
- Sura Spring 2019 · 24 Mar 2019 — 1 personal best set
- EkatCube Spring 2019 · 2 Mar 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- Kostroma Winter Open 2018 · 22 Dec 2018 — 2 personal bests set
- MPEI Open 2018 · 23 Nov 2018 — 1 personal best set
- Welcome to Academy 2018 · 3 Nov 2018 — 2 personal bests set
- Ufa Open 2018 · 18 Aug 2018 — 2 personal bests set
- WCA European Championship 2018 · 19 Jul 2018 — 1 personal best set
- Svetlye Gory Open 2018 · 29 Jun 2018 — 2 personal bests set
- YJ Fest 2018 · 18 May 2018 — 1 personal best set
- One LY Cube 2018 · 12 May 2018 — 2 personal bests set
- Kalmykia Open 2018 · 7 Apr 2018 — 3 personal bests set
- Chak-chak cubing in Kazan 2018 · 24 Mar 2018 — 3 personal bests set
- Krasnoyarsk Winter Open 2018 · 3 Feb 2018 — 5 personal bests set
- Moscow Winter Cubing 2018 · 4 Jan 2018 — 4 personal bests set
- Saratov Winter Open 2017 · 9 Dec 2017 — 2 personal bests set
- SPB Championship 2017 · 27 Oct 2017
- White City Cubing 2017 · 22 Apr 2017 — 4 personal bests set
- Tatarstan Spring Open 2017 · 18 Mar 2017
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.
- Maxim Chechnev — met in 61 rounds, finished ahead 29 times
- Alexander Katyukov (Александр Катюков) — met in 48 rounds, finished ahead 25 times
- Diana Murnik — met in 47 rounds, finished ahead 36 times
Next targets
- A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.15 away.
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.79 away.
Targets move as he improves.