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Ilya Zabrodsky

3×3 · top 1.3% of 284,439 all-time · competing since September 2013 · 2013ZABR01

Ilya Zabrodsky has been competing for 13 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 6.94, set at World Rubik's Cube Championship 2017, puts him in the top 1.3% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 7th in Belarus. Until November 2010, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 49 competitions since September 2013, he has put 2,263 official solves on the record across eleven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, steadier than 52% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 23.13 in September 2013 to 6.94, a 70% improvement. Ilya has entered 49 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 1.3% of 284,439 all-time
6.94
signature single · World Rubik's Cube Championship 2017
2,263
official solves on the record
13%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 52% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingBelarus
3×36.9410.34
top 1.3%7 / 748
2×21.483.47
top 2.1%5 / 532
3×3 one-handed11.6715.91
top 2.6%4 / 193
4×431.6034.50
top 3.9%8 / 214
Pyraminx3.375.38
top 5.0%19 / 413
3×3 Fewest Moves32 moves36.00
top 20.4%14 / 71
Skewb5.658.83
top 23.1%52 / 253
Square-125.2942.33
top 39.7%23 / 70
3×3 blindfolded3:14.10—
top 56.3%16 / 35
Clock17.6023.07
top 57.5%25 / 57
Megaminx2:43.203:28.09
top 67.3%67 / 121

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

Minsk Open 2013: 23.13Didas Brest 2014: 14.22Dvina Open 2014: 13.52Cubing Fest 2014: 13.87Dvina One-Handed Edition 2014: 12.67OktoberBrest 2014: 11.60Minsk Winter 2014: 12.00Dvina 3.0 2015: 10.59Pruzhany Cube Day 2015: 10.81BSTU Open 2015: 10.60Dvina Open 2015: 10.47Two days in Vitebsk 2015: 10.84Minsk Winter 2015: 12.12VSU Open 2016: 10.05BSU Cubing Days 2016: 9.99Lithuanian Open 2016: 10.43Full Steps in Brest 2016: 10.84PSU Open 2016: 10.33Minsk Winter 2016: 8.85Vilnius Open 2017: 9.29PSU Winter 2017: 9.06Spring in Vitebsk 2017: 8.62BSU Cubing Days 2017: 9.81Kaunas Open 2017: 10.05World Rubik's Cube Championship 2017: 6.94Spring Cube In Minsk 2018: 9.70Vilnius Open 2018: 9.14GeniusKid Belarus 2018: 9.77WCA European Championship 2018: 8.89Welcome to Brest 2018: 10.52Speedcubing Camp Minsk 2019: 9.38Grodno Cube 2019: 10.74One day in Vileyka 2019: 10.48Nordic Championship 2019: 9.73Smartcube Fest Kyiv 2019: 10.20Happy BSTU Cubing Days 2019: 10.41Lion's Cup 2019: 10.48New Year in PSU 2019: 10.83Black Pawn in Brest 2020: 9.37Warsaw Cube Masters 2023: 7.96Cube4fun Lublin on WEII 2024: 10.42Cube Factory League Brzeziny Spring 2025: 9.78Warsaw Late Solving 2025: 10.44Cube4fun Cubers Eve Żyrardów 2025: 10.18WLS Luty 2026: 9.37Cube4fun Lublin February 2026: 9.446.9423.1321 Sep 201328 Feb 2026

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-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 0.94 away.
  • A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.48 away.

Targets move as he improves.