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Illia Zhadan (Ілля Жадан)

3×3 · top 17.8% of 284,439 all-time · competing since August 2012 · 2012ZHAD01

Illia Zhadan (Ілля Жадан) has been competing for 14 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 13.11, set at Oleksandriia Open 2013, puts him in the top 17.8% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 477th in Ukraine. Across 7 competitions since August 2012, he has put 208 official solves on the record across ten events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 79% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. That figure sets aside his 4 DNFs. His 3×3 best has come down from 27.46 in August 2012 to 13.11, a 52% improvement. Illia has entered seven competitions, more competitions than 88% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 17.8% of 284,439 all-time
13.11
signature single · Oleksandriia Open 2013
208
official solves on the record
12%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 79% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUkraine
3×313.1116.23
top 17.8%477 / 2,868
4×458.291:04.97
top 34.6%293 / 867
2×25.506.99
top 45.3%828 / 1,894
3×3 one-handed31.9940.29
top 51.1%417 / 755
Pyraminx9.7719.50
top 51.2%811 / 1,471
3×3 Fewest Moves41 moves
early days — 1 solve113 / 222
5×52:17.212:33.85
top 59.5%255 / 425
6×65:16.835:39.50
early days — 3 solves148 / 169
3×3 blindfolded6:30.81
early days — 2 solves161 / 177
7×710:41.0013:21.00
early days — 3 solves133 / 135

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

Oleksandriia Open 2012: 27.46Kharkiv Winter 2012: 21.13Podolian Open 2013: 17.15Kharkiv Cube Day 2013: 14.63Lutsk Open 2013: 16.21Oleksandriia Open 2013: 13.11Beit Dan Open 2014: 15.4013.1127.4618 Aug 20129 Nov 2014

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 1.11 away.
  • A sub-50 4×4 single — 20,746 people have one; it is 8.29 away.

Targets move as he improves.