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Ilya Nazarov

Skewb · top 0.36% of 73,281 all-time · competing since September 2015 · 2015NAZA02

Ilya Nazarov has been competing for 11 years. His best event is the Skewb: a personal-best single of 1.44, set at Rubik's WCA Asian Championship 2024, puts him in the top 0.36% of the 73,281 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 2nd in Russia. Until October 2015, no official Skewb solve in the world had been that fast. Across 29 competitions since September 2015, he has put 1,889 official solves on the record across 14 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 17% around a typical one; 97% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 20.72 in November 2015 to 6.36, a 69% improvement. Ilya has entered 29 competitions, more competitions than 98% of everyone who has ever competed.

Skewb
best event — top 0.36% of 73,281 all-time
1.44
signature single · Rubik's WCA Asian Championship 2024
1,889
official solves on the record
17%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 97% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingRussia
Skewb1.443.68
top 0.36%2 / 2,264
Pyraminx1.462.63
top 0.37%6 / 3,777
3×36.367.91
top 0.73%19 / 6,475
3×3 one-handed9.8912.04
top 0.98%11 / 1,770
4×426.6032.53
top 1.2%11 / 2,080
2×21.282.17
top 1.3%50 / 4,782
5×553.8759.06
top 3.0%12 / 941
Square-18.8511.46
top 4.3%13 / 759
3×3 Fewest Moves25 moves31.67
top 5.1%7 / 366
Megaminx52.7156.33
top 6.3%33 / 998
6×61:54.461:57.28
top 8.9%18 / 343
Clock7.037.88
top 11.0%43 / 714
7×73:28.793:36.65
top 19.3%37 / 270
3×3 blindfolded2:06.78—
early days — 1 solve81 / 310

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

MPEI Open 2015: 20.72CCC Spring Open 2016: 14.02CCC Summer Open 2016: 11.08MPEI Open 2016: 12.12Cuberussia in MSK 2017: 10.55To The Moon 2017: 12.00Ramenskoe Open 2017: 9.67Svetlye Gory Open 2017: 9.46SPB Championship 2017: 9.84MPEI Open 2017: 11.77Moscow Winter Cubing 2018: 8.47YJ Fest 2018: 10.19Svetlye Gory Open 2018: 8.68Welcome to Brest 2018: 8.73MPEI Open 2018: 7.57YJ Fest Moscow 2019: 8.80Ramenskoe Open 2019: 9.12Tver EaZyCube Race 2019: 7.83MPEI Open 2019: 8.09Ivanovo Cuber Cup 2019: 8.26Volga Nizhny Novgorod 2020: 6.62SPB Muffin Mini 2021: 7.83Bogoroditsk Open 2021: 6.36KSF Open 2023: 8.02Rubik's WCA Asian Championship 2024: 6.696.3620.7227 Nov 20151 Nov 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-1 Skewb single — 35 people have one; it is 0.44 away.
  • A sub-1 Pyraminx single — 49 people have one; it is 0.46 away.

Targets move as he improves.