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Ian Gorev

3×3 · top 3.1% of 284,439 all-time · competing since February 2016 · 2016GORE01

Ian Gorev has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.20, set at SPB Summer 2018, puts him in the top 3.1% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 93rd in Russia. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 11 competitions since February 2016, he has put 601 official solves on the record across nine events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, steadier than 93% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 13.26 in February 2016 to 8.20, a 38% improvement. Ian has entered eleven competitions, more competitions than 93% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 3.1% of 284,439 all-time
8.20
signature single · SPB Summer 2018
601
official solves on the record
11%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 93% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingRussia
3×38.2010.88
top 3.1%93 / 6,475
3×3 one-handed13.7419.46
top 5.6%76 / 1,770
Pyraminx3.965.64
top 7.5%205 / 3,777
4×436.9844.83
top 8.7%99 / 2,080
2×23.524.29
top 20.5%776 / 4,782
5×51:24.671:41.86
top 23.0%156 / 941
Skewb6.2610.99
top 27.8%441 / 2,264
Megaminx1:42.681:58.57
top 36.2%229 / 998
3×3 Fewest Moves37 moves
early days — 2 solves109 / 366

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

Saint Petersburg Welcome To 2016: 13.26SPB Spring Open 2016: 11.75MPEI Open 2016: 11.84SPB Winter 2016: 11.49Cuberussia in SPB 2017: 11.39SPB Easter Open 2017: 10.21LETI Open 2017: 10.21MPEI Open 2017: 10.22CFCTC Open 2018: 10.61SPB Summer 2018: 8.208.2013.2627 Feb 20164 Aug 2018

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 0.20 away.
  • A sub-12 3×3 one-handed single — 2,187 people have one; it is 1.74 away.

Targets move as he improves.