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Iliya Afshari

3×3 · top 27.1% of 284,439 all-time · competing since October 2011 · 2011AFSH01

Iliya Afshari has been competing for 15 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 15.78, set at Newcastle Winter 2015, puts him in the top 27.1% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 2,482nd in Australia. Across 5 competitions since October 2011, he has put 50 official solves on the record across three events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, an early reading from 7 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 23.96 in October 2011 to 15.78, a 34% improvement. Iliya has entered five competitions, more competitions than 83% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 27.1% of 284,439 all-time
15.78
signature single · Newcastle Winter 2015
50
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingAustralia
3×315.7817.87
top 27.1%2,482 / 11,709
2×25.409.30
top 44.2%3,481 / 8,567
4×41:30.05
early days — 2 solves1,811 / 3,051

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

World Rubik's Cube Championship 2011: 23.96Sydney Autumn 2012: 22.94Melbourne Winter 2012: 18.16Canberra Summer 2014: 18.66Newcastle Winter 2015: 15.7815.7823.9614 Oct 201128 Jun 2015

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-15 3×3 single — 69,493 people have one; it is 0.78 away.
  • A sub-5 2×2 single — 73,413 people have one; it is 0.40 away.

Targets move as he improves.