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Igor Brazhnikov (Игорь Бражников)

2×2 · top 6.6% of 186,767 all-time · competing since May 2018 · 2018BRAZ02

Igor Brazhnikov (Игорь Бражников) has been competing for 8 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.25, set at Ural Spring 2021, puts him in the top 6.6% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 216th in Russia. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 9 competitions since May 2018, he has put 155 official solves on the record across ten events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 17% around a typical one, an early reading from 9 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 31.08 in May 2018 to 10.82, a 65% improvement. Igor has entered nine competitions, more competitions than 91% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 6.6% of 186,767 all-time
2.25
signature single · Ural Spring 2021
155
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingRussia
2×22.252.63
top 6.6%216 / 4,782
3×310.8214.53
top 9.9%404 / 6,475
Pyraminx6.339.77
top 22.5%754 / 3,777
4×41:01.181:18.25
top 37.7%633 / 2,080
Square-126.2336.48
top 41.9%240 / 759
Skewb8.5710.70
top 45.5%811 / 2,264
3×3 one-handed35.3638.78
top 57.9%981 / 1,770
6×64:33.345:05.88
top 75.5%238 / 343
7×76:35.87
early days — 3 solves182 / 270
Megaminx3:06.66
top 76.6%641 / 998

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

Miass Open 2018: 31.08Ural Open 2018: 30.73Ural Autumn 2018: 23.39Ural Winter 2019: 18.04Ural Spring 2019: 10.82Ural Open 2019: 13.57Ural Autumn 2019: 11.55Ural Spring 2021: 11.2110.8231.0827 May 20184 Apr 2021

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-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.25 away.
  • A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 0.82 away.

Targets move as he improves.