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Ilya Volkov

2×2 · top 14.2% of 186,767 all-time · competing since November 2017 · 2017VOLK04

Ilya Volkov has been competing for 9 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 3.00, set at MPEI Open 2018, puts him in the top 14.2% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 506th in Russia. Across 2 competitions since November 2017, he has put 39 official solves on the record across six events. His 3×3 best has come down from 20.61 in November 2017 to 17.51, a 15% improvement. Ilya has entered two competitions.

2×2
best event — top 14.2% of 186,767 all-time
3.00
signature single · MPEI Open 2018
39
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingRussia
2×23.005.71
top 14.2%506 / 4,782
3×317.5120.76
top 32.6%1,726 / 6,475
4×41:08.181:20.36
top 45.1%771 / 2,080
Skewb8.6810.98
top 46.3%836 / 2,264
Megaminx2:40.06
top 66.0%515 / 998
Square-11:01.30
early days — 2 solves599 / 759

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 2017: 20.61MPEI Open 2018: 17.5117.5120.6124 Nov 201723 Nov 2018

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-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 1.00 away.
  • A sub-15 3×3 single — 69,493 people have one; it is 2.51 away.

Targets move as he improves.