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Ilya Zaikov (Илья Зайков)

3×3 · top 76.6% of 284,439 all-time · competing since October 2018 · 2018ZAIK01

Ilya Zaikov (Илья Зайков) has been competing for 8 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 39.72, set at Eka Cube Days 2019, puts him in the top 76.6% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 4,759th in Russia. Across 3 competitions since October 2018, he has put 29 official solves on the record across two events. His 3×3 best has come down from 1:09.40 in October 2018 to 39.72, a 43% improvement. Ilya has entered three competitions, more competitions than 69% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 76.6% of 284,439 all-time
39.72
signature single · Eka Cube Days 2019
29
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingRussia
3×339.7251.02
top 76.6%4,759 / 6,475
2×211.4816.77
top 82.9%3,847 / 4,782

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

Ural Autumn 2018: 1:09.40EkatCube Spring 2019: 54.84Eka Cube Days 2019: 39.7239.721:09.4027 Oct 201824 Aug 2019

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-30 3×3 single — 177,856 people have one; it is 9.72 away.
  • A sub-10 2×2 single — 145,545 people have one; it is 1.48 away.

Targets move as he improves.