People · Ukraine
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.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Ukraine | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 8.14 | 9.74 | top 3.0% | 93 / 2,868 | |
| 4×4 | 34.49 | 40.13 | top 6.3% | 63 / 867 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 14.08 | 18.11 | top 6.3% | 58 / 755 | |
| 5×5 | 1:06.05 | 1:12.45 | top 9.0% | 41 / 425 | |
| 2×2 | 2.77 | 3.77 | top 11.7% | 204 / 1,894 | |
| 3×3 blindfolded | 59.34 | 1:12.53 | top 12.8% | 23 / 177 | |
| 3×3 Fewest Moves | 32 moves | — | top 20.4% | 41 / 222 | |
| Megaminx | 1:20.32 | 1:32.32 | top 22.0% | 92 / 424 | |
| 3×3 Multi-Blind | 5 of 5 cubes · 28:21 | — | top 35.8% | 24 / 67 | |
| 6×6 | 3:22.46 | 3:41.38 | top 51.6% | 96 / 169 | |
| Pyraminx | 14.98 | 20.48 | top 81.8% | 1,275 / 1,471 | |
| 5×5 blindfolded | 42:03.00 | — | early days — 1 solve | 17 / 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
Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 2 Mar 2024Four personal bests in one day at Chernivtsi Open 2024.
- 18 Sep 2022First sub-10 3×3: 9.27 at U24 Open September 2022.
- 18 Sep 2022Three personal bests in one day at U24 Open September 2022.
- 23 Oct 2021Four personal bests in one day at Kharkiv Cubefall 2021.
- 11 Aug 2018Four personal bests in one day at Kharkiv Open 2018.
- 1 Jun 2018Five personal bests in one day at Ukrainian Open 2018.
Competitions
- Chernivtsi Open 2024 · 2 Mar 2024 — 4 personal bests set
- Nikita Kovalchuk Memorial 2023 · 14 May 2023 — 1 personal best set
- U24 Open November 2022 · 20 Nov 2022 — 2 personal bests set
- Kyiv Quiet Friends November 2022 · 19 Nov 2022 — 1 personal best set
- U24 Open September 2022 · 18 Sep 2022 — 3 personal bests set
- Kryivka PBQ 2022 · 17 Sep 2022
- Kharkiv Cubefall 2021 · 23 Oct 2021 — 4 personal bests set
- Kiev Super Blind 2020 · 15 Feb 2020 — 1 personal best set
- Kharkiv Open 2019 · 17 Aug 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- Kiev Super Blind 2019 · 2 Feb 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Kharkiv Special 2018 · 25 Dec 2018 — 1 personal best set
- Kharkiv Open 2018 · 11 Aug 2018 — 4 personal bests set
- Ukrainian Open 2018 · 1 Jun 2018 — 5 personal bests set
- Dnepr Never Fails 2018 · 23 Feb 2018 — 4 personal bests set
- Kharkiv Winter 2017 · 23 Dec 2017 — 3 personal bests set
- Kharkiv Cube Day 2017 · 1 Oct 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.
- Lev Golub (Лев Голуб) — met in 118 rounds, finished ahead 5 times
- Georgiy Titov — met in 86 rounds, finished ahead 48 times
- Serhii Mormul (Сергій Мормуль) — met in 73 rounds, finished ahead 41 times
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.