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Ilya Varenov

3×3 · top 14.4% of 284,439 all-time · competing since November 2014 · 2014VARE02

Ilya Varenov has been competing for 12 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 12.16, set at MPEI Open 2015, puts him in the top 14.4% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 656th in Russia. Across 4 competitions since November 2014, he has put 122 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 16% around a typical one, an early reading from 6 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 19.51 in November 2014 to 12.16, a 38% improvement. Ilya has entered four competitions, more competitions than 78% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 14.4% of 284,439 all-time
12.16
signature single · MPEI Open 2015
122
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingRussia
3×312.1614.79
top 14.4%656 / 6,475
4×449.7456.56
top 24.4%378 / 2,080
3×3 one-handed21.4625.66
top 24.5%389 / 1,770
3×3 Fewest Moves35 moves
early days — 2 solves86 / 366
2×24.755.95
top 36.1%1,461 / 4,782
5×51:47.641:54.05
top 40.9%323 / 941
Megaminx1:52.722:04.34
top 41.9%286 / 998

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 2014: 19.51MPEI Open 2015: 12.16CCC Summer Open 2016: 13.00MPEI Open 2017: 12.9112.1619.5128 Nov 201424 Nov 2017

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 0.16 away.
  • A sub-40 4×4 single — 10,180 people have one; it is 9.74 away.

Targets move as he improves.