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Ilia Vakulenko

3×3 · top 11.0% of 284,439 all-time · competing since October 2014 · 2014VAKU02

Ilia Vakulenko has been competing for 12 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 11.17, set at SPB Summer 2018, puts him in the top 11.0% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 467th in Russia. Across 11 competitions since October 2014, he has put 337 official solves on the record across nine events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 9% around a typical one, steadier than 98% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 19.39 in October 2014 to 11.17, a 42% improvement. Ilia has entered eleven competitions, more competitions than 93% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 11.0% of 284,439 all-time
11.17
signature single · SPB Summer 2018
337
official solves on the record
9%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 98% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingRussia
3×311.1712.32
top 11.0%467 / 6,475
Pyraminx5.227.30
top 14.6%449 / 3,777
Skewb4.697.72
top 15.8%236 / 2,264
2×23.424.94
top 19.2%725 / 4,782
3×3 one-handed19.7925.61
top 19.9%304 / 1,770
4×451.4155.81
top 26.4%425 / 2,080
5×52:01.732:14.40
top 50.3%415 / 941
3×3 blindfolded3:36.69
early days — 2 solves166 / 310
Megaminx3:36.53
early days — 1 solve759 / 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

Saint Petersburg Open 2014: 19.39Saint Petersburg Spring Open 2015: 13.43Saint Petersburg Summer Open 2015: 13.21Saint Petersburg Autumn Open 2015: 13.82SPB Spring Open 2016: 11.91SPB Championship 2016: 11.59Cuberussia in SPB 2017: 11.88Muffin Winter 2017: 12.51SPB Summer 2018: 11.17CCC Qualification SPB 2020: 11.1911.1719.3925 Oct 20141 Feb 2020

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-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 1.17 away.
  • A sub-5 Pyraminx single — 17,019 people have one; it is 0.22 away.

Targets move as he improves.