People · Russia
Grigorii Poperechnyi
2×2 · top 5.3% of 189,179 all-time · competing since March 2024 · 2024POPE01
Grigorii Poperechnyi has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.08, set at Tivat Summer 2025, puts him in the top 5.3% of the 189,179 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 168th in Russia. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 11 competitions since March 2024, he has put 434 official solves on the record across ten events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one; 80% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 24.17 in March 2024 to 11.11, a 54% improvement. Grigorii has entered eleven competitions, more competitions than 93% 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 | 2.08 | 4.82 | top 5.3% | 168 / 4,788 | |
| 3×3 | 11.11 | 13.43 | top 10.9% | 452 / 6,485 | |
| Pyraminx | 5.30 | 9.86 | top 15.1% | 474 / 3,784 | |
| Skewb | 4.70 | 7.70 | top 16.0% | 238 / 2,264 | |
| Clock | 11.62 | 14.58 | top 33.1% | 157 / 715 | |
| 4×4 | 1:00.18 | 1:08.56 | top 36.7% | 612 / 2,085 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 29.02 | 40.15 | top 44.5% | 736 / 1,772 | |
| Megaminx | 2:21.13 | 2:45.28 | top 57.1% | 411 / 999 | |
| 5×5 | 2:47.35 | — | top 73.7% | 645 / 942 | |
| Square-1 | 50.48 | — | top 76.6% | 538 / 760 |
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
- 17 May 2025Three personal bests in one day at Tivat Open 2025.
- 7 Dec 2024Five personal bests in one day at Tivat Open 2024.
- 3 Aug 2024Four personal bests in one day at Zvornik Summer 2024.
- 20 Jul 2024Five personal bests in one day at Banja Luka Open 2024.
- 15 Jun 2024First sub-20 3×3: 13.76 at Belgrade Summer 2024.
- 15 Jun 2024First sub-15 3×3: 13.76 at Belgrade Summer 2024.
Competitions
- Albania Open 2026 · 10 Oct 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Tivat Summer 2025 · 20 Sep 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Tivat Open 2025 · 17 May 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Double Triple Athens A 2025 · 22 Mar 2025
- Tivat Open 2024 · 7 Dec 2024 — 5 personal bests set
- İstanbul Small B 2024 · 18 Aug 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Zvornik Summer 2024 · 3 Aug 2024 — 4 personal bests set
- Banja Luka Open 2024 · 20 Jul 2024 — 5 personal bests set
- Belgrade Summer 2024 · 15 Jun 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- New Beginnings in Ankara 2024 · 4 May 2024 — 4 personal bests set
- Montenegro Open 2024 · 9 Mar 2024
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.
- Aleksa Radovanović — met in 45 rounds, finished ahead 5 times
- Đorđe Timotijević — met in 43 rounds, finished ahead 8 times
- Vladimir Kuznetsov — met in 42 rounds, finished ahead 10 times
Next targets
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 9,039 people have one; it is 0.08 away.
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,606 people have one; it is 1.11 away.
Targets move as he improves.