People · Ukraine
Illia Smolii (Ілля Смолій)
3×3 · top 1.5% of 288,433 all-time · competing since February 2019 · 2019SMOL01
Illia Smolii (Ілля Смолій) has been competing for 8 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 7.13, set at Cube4fun Double Weekend Lublin 2024, puts him in the top 1.5% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 47th in Ukraine. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 12 competitions since February 2019, he has put 385 official solves on the record across eleven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 77% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 42.49 in February 2019 to 7.13, an 83% improvement. Illia has entered twelve competitions, more competitions than 94% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Ukraine | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 7.13 | 9.48 | top 1.5% | 47 / 2,889 | |
| 2×2 | 1.68 | 4.13 | top 3.0% | 64 / 1,911 | |
| 4×4 | 31.94 | 37.68 | top 4.2% | 42 / 878 | |
| Pyraminx | 3.55 | 5.07 | top 5.7% | 108 / 1,484 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 15.36 | 19.86 | top 8.9% | 83 / 765 | |
| Clock | 6.75 | 10.26 | top 10.0% | 41 / 354 | |
| 3×3 blindfolded | 58.14 | — | early days — 3 solves | 21 / 177 | |
| 5×5 | 1:43.73 | 2:19.65 | top 38.2% | 181 / 431 | |
| 3×3 Multi-Blind | 6 of 8 cubes · 57:36 | — | early days — 2 solves | 27 / 67 | |
| Megaminx | 2:30.85 | — | early days — 3 solves | 243 / 425 | |
| Skewb | 36.36 | 43.67 | top 98.6% | 885 / 896 |
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
Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 10 Jan 2026Five personal bests in one day at Cube4fun Lublin Winter 2026.
- 20 Apr 2024Seven personal bests in one day at Podolian Open 2024.
- 27 Oct 2023First sub-10 3×3: 9.19 at Ukrainian Nationals 2023.
- 27 Oct 2023Three personal bests in one day at Ukrainian Nationals 2023.
- 19 Aug 2023First sub-30 3×3: 10.76 at Podolian Open 2023.
- 19 Aug 2023First sub-20 3×3: 10.76 at Podolian Open 2023.
Competitions
- Cube4fun Szansa Cubing Warsaw 2026 · 3 Oct 2026
- BrizZon Side Open II 2026 · 7 Mar 2026
- Cube4fun Lublin Winter 2026 · 10 Jan 2026 — 5 personal bests set
- Cube4fun Lublin Autumn 2025 · 11 Oct 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Szansa Cubing Open Warsaw 2025 · 9 Aug 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Cube4fun Lublin Spring 2025 · 27 Apr 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Cube4fun Lublin Winter 2025 · 11 Jan 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Cube4fun Double Weekend Lublin 2024 · 20 Oct 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Podolian Open 2024 · 20 Apr 2024 — 7 personal bests set
- Ukrainian Nationals 2023 · 27 Oct 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- Podolian Open 2023 · 19 Aug 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Vinnytsia Open 2019 · 9 Feb 2019
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.
- Ryszard Kędziora — met in 43 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
- Piotr Tokarski — met in 38 rounds, finished ahead 12 times
- Vladyslav Hryniuk (Владислав Гринюк) — met in 37 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,419 people have one; it is 1.13 away.
- A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,050 people have one; it is 0.68 away.
Targets move as he improves.