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Illia Bykov (Ілля Биков)

3×3 · top 14.9% of 284,439 all-time · competing since March 2018 · 2018BYKO01

Illia Bykov (Ілля Биков) has been competing for 8 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 12.29, set at Moldova Open 2020, puts him in the top 14.9% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 398th in Ukraine. Across 9 competitions since March 2018, he has put 237 official solves on the record across eight events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 17% around a typical one; 95% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 19.78 in March 2018 to 12.29, a 38% improvement. Illia has entered nine competitions, more competitions than 91% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 14.9% of 284,439 all-time
12.29
signature single · Moldova Open 2020
237
official solves on the record
17%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 95% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUkraine
3×312.2913.60
top 14.9%398 / 2,868
Pyraminx7.7913.02
top 34.5%561 / 1,471
2×25.069.38
top 40.1%734 / 1,894
4×41:06.661:13.92
top 43.6%370 / 867
Skewb9.6913.46
top 53.0%437 / 884
3×3 one-handed35.5843.98
top 58.3%466 / 755
Square-11:05.25
early days — 3 solves262 / 302
Clock1:05.59
early days — 1 solve346 / 347

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

Lviv Spring Days 2018: 19.78Vinnytsia Open 2019: 16.33Lviv Spring Days 2019: 15.60Ukrainian Open 2019: 15.26Vinnytsia Cube Cup 2019: 13.72Ukrainian Nationals 2019: 12.90Smartcube Fest Kyiv 2019: 12.95Frankivsk Open 2019: 12.45Moldova Open 2020: 12.2912.2919.7824 Mar 201811 Jan 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-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 0.29 away.
  • A sub-6 Pyraminx single — 25,870 people have one; it is 1.79 away.

Targets move as he improves.