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Igor Tsarichenko

Skewb · top 2.0% of 73,281 all-time · competing since October 2016 · 2016TSAR01

Igor Tsarichenko has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the Skewb: a personal-best single of 2.22, set at White City Cubing 2019, puts him in the top 2.0% of the 73,281 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 17th in Russia. Until February 2014, no official Skewb solve in the world had been that fast. Across 7 competitions since October 2016, he has put 341 official solves on the record across eleven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one; 53% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 2×2 best has come down from 7.48 in October 2016 to 2.87, a 62% improvement. Igor has entered seven competitions, more competitions than 88% of everyone who has ever competed.

Skewb
best event — top 2.0% of 73,281 all-time
2.22
signature single · White City Cubing 2019
341
official solves on the record
13%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 53% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingRussia
Skewb2.223.74
top 2.0%17 / 2,264
3×38.6611.18
top 4.1%135 / 6,475
3×3 one-handed15.6020.29
top 9.4%124 / 1,770
2×22.874.30
top 12.8%437 / 4,782
4×450.5656.96
top 25.4%406 / 2,080
Pyraminx7.619.99
top 32.9%1,159 / 3,777
Clock13.4616.11
top 41.6%211 / 714
Megaminx2:21.462:29.73
top 57.1%412 / 998
5×52:33.912:48.41
top 67.6%582 / 941
Square-11:06.16
early days — 2 solves629 / 759
6×66:33.61
early days — 1 solve318 / 343

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

Belgorod Open 2016: 7.48White City Cubing 2017: 4.39Belgorod Open 2017: 2.87White City Cubing 2018: 2.92Belgorod Open 2018: 2.95White City Cubing 2019: 3.13Belgorod Open 2019: 3.162.877.488 Oct 201612 Oct 2019

Best single per competition, 2×2. 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 Skewb single — 1,013 people have one; it is 0.22 away.
  • A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.66 away.

Targets move as he improves.