People · Russia
Ilya Epifanov
2×2 · top 1.5% of 189,179 all-time · competing since August 2017 · 2017EPIF01
Ilya Epifanov has been competing for 9 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.34, set at Rubik's WCA World Championship 2023, puts him in the top 1.5% of the 189,179 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 56th in Russia. Until November 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 10 competitions since August 2017, he has put 439 official solves on the record across 14 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 10% around a typical one, steadier than 96% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 49.44 in August 2017 to 7.61, an 85% improvement. Ilya has entered ten competitions, more competitions than 92% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Russia | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 1.34 | 2.88 | top 1.5% | 56 / 4,788 | |
| 3×3 | 7.61 | 9.89 | top 2.2% | 62 / 6,485 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 14.50 | 16.13 | top 7.1% | 98 / 1,772 | |
| 4×4 | 38.10 | 44.98 | top 10.0% | 125 / 2,085 | |
| Skewb | 4.15 | 5.65 | top 12.0% | 173 / 2,264 | |
| 5×5 | 1:12.71 | 1:22.48 | top 13.7% | 76 / 942 | |
| Clock | 8.61 | 9.81 | top 17.9% | 85 / 715 | |
| Pyraminx | 5.99 | 7.91 | top 20.0% | 664 / 3,784 | |
| Megaminx | 1:42.91 | 1:49.56 | top 36.5% | 232 / 999 | |
| Square-1 | 32.49 | 47.25 | top 54.2% | 332 / 760 | |
| 6×6 | 3:40.62 | 4:26.05 | top 59.0% | 171 / 343 | |
| 3×3 Fewest Moves | 49 moves | — | early days — 1 solve | 278 / 367 | |
| 3×3 blindfolded | 4:53.23 | — | early days — 3 solves | 220 / 310 | |
| 7×7 | 6:59.25 | — | top 80.1% | 203 / 271 |
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
- 12 Aug 2023Three personal bests in one day at Rubik's WCA World Championship 2023.
- 23 Jan 2022Five personal bests in one day at Tyumen Alpaca 2022.
- 11 Sep 2021Four personal bests in one day at Cubing Ekat Open 2021.
- 8 May 2021First sub-10 3×3: 8.92 at Tyumen Happy Saturday 2021.
- 8 May 2021Four personal bests in one day at Tyumen Happy Saturday 2021.
- 18 Jan 2020Six personal bests in one day at Eka Cube Winter 2020.
Competitions
- Rubik's WCA World Championship 2023 · 12 Aug 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- Tyumen Alpaca 2022 · 23 Jan 2022 — 5 personal bests set
- Cubing Ekat Open 2021 · 11 Sep 2021 — 4 personal bests set
- Tyumen Happy Saturday 2021 · 8 May 2021 — 4 personal bests set
- Eka Cube Winter 2020 · 18 Jan 2020 — 6 personal bests set
- EkatCube Spring 2019 · 2 Mar 2019 — 8 personal bests set
- Ural Winter 2019 · 19 Jan 2019 — 7 personal bests set
- Ekat Summer 2018 · 21 Jul 2018 — 5 personal bests set
- IQber - PB time 2018 · 13 Jan 2018 — 5 personal bests set
- Ural Open 2017 · 25 Aug 2017
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.
- Vasily Stasyev — met in 81 rounds, finished ahead 44 times
- Andrey Kolevatykh (Андрей Колеватых) — met in 71 rounds, finished ahead 12 times
- Ewsey Obzherin — met in 61 rounds, finished ahead 8 times
Next targets
- A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,050 people have one; it is 0.34 away.
- A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,419 people have one; it is 1.61 away.
Targets move as he improves.