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Ilya Kerymov (Ілля Керимов)

3×3 · top 3.0% of 284,439 all-time · competing since October 2017 · 2017KERY01

Ilya Kerymov (Ілля Керимов) has been competing for 9 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.14, set at U24 Open November 2022, puts him in the top 3.0% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 93rd in Ukraine. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 16 competitions since October 2017, he has put 436 official solves on the record across twelve events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, steadier than 50% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 17.67 in October 2017 to 8.14, a 54% improvement. Ilya has entered 16 competitions, more competitions than 96% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 3.0% of 284,439 all-time
8.14
signature single · U24 Open November 2022
436
official solves on the record
13%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 50% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUkraine
3×38.149.74
top 3.0%93 / 2,868
4×434.4940.13
top 6.3%63 / 867
3×3 one-handed14.0818.11
top 6.3%58 / 755
5×51:06.051:12.45
top 9.0%41 / 425
2×22.773.77
top 11.7%204 / 1,894
3×3 blindfolded59.341:12.53
top 12.8%23 / 177
3×3 Fewest Moves32 moves
top 20.4%41 / 222
Megaminx1:20.321:32.32
top 22.0%92 / 424
3×3 Multi-Blind5 of 5 cubes · 28:21
top 35.8%24 / 67
6×63:22.463:41.38
top 51.6%96 / 169
Pyraminx14.9820.48
top 81.8%1,275 / 1,471
5×5 blindfolded42:03.00
early days — 1 solve17 / 17

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

Kharkiv Cube Day 2017: 17.67Kharkiv Winter 2017: 15.20Dnepr Never Fails 2018: 12.59Ukrainian Open 2018: 12.50Kharkiv Open 2018: 10.25Kharkiv Open 2019: 10.49Kharkiv Cubefall 2021: 10.34U24 Open September 2022: 9.27U24 Open November 2022: 8.14Nikita Kovalchuk Memorial 2023: 8.24Chernivtsi Open 2024: 8.728.1417.671 Oct 20172 Mar 2024

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-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.14 away.
  • A sub-30 4×4 single — 2,388 people have one; it is 4.49 away.

Targets move as he improves.