People · Belarus
Ilya Zaitsau
Pyraminx · top 10.7% of 129,321 all-time · competing since September 2014 · 2014ZAIT02
Ilya Zaitsau has been competing for 12 years. His best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 4.58, set at BSU Cubing Days 2016, puts him in the top 10.7% of the 129,321 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 44th in Belarus. Across 10 competitions since September 2014, he has put 393 official solves on the record across ten events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, steadier than 54% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His Skewb best has come down from 15.94 in September 2014 to 5.07, a 68% improvement. Ilya has entered ten competitions, more competitions than 92% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Belarus | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pyraminx | 4.58 | 7.56 | top 10.7% | 44 / 413 | |
| Skewb | 5.07 | 6.93 | top 18.7% | 38 / 253 | |
| 3×3 | 15.24 | 22.18 | top 25.2% | 146 / 748 | |
| 2×2 | 5.41 | 7.84 | top 44.3% | 219 / 532 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 30.45 | 44.13 | top 47.7% | 92 / 193 | |
| 4×4 | 1:23.31 | 1:33.80 | top 58.6% | 109 / 214 | |
| 5×5 | 2:47.25 | 3:09.30 | top 73.6% | 67 / 92 | |
| 3×3 Fewest Moves | 48 moves | — | top 74.2% | 56 / 71 | |
| Clock | 33.51 | 41.48 | top 88.4% | 52 / 57 | |
| Megaminx | 4:12.13 | — | early days — 2 solves | 107 / 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
Best single per competition, Skewb. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 25 Mar 2017Four personal bests in one day at Spring in Vitebsk 2017.
- 22 Aug 2015First sub-20 3×3: 19.55 at Dvina Open 2015.
- 22 Aug 2015Four personal bests in one day at Dvina Open 2015.
- 2 May 2015Four personal bests in one day at BSTU Open 2015.
- 28 Feb 2015Three personal bests in one day at Dvina 3.0 2015.
- 27 Dec 2014First sub-30 3×3: 24.76 at Minsk Winter 2014.
Competitions
- Spring in Vitebsk 2017 · 25 Mar 2017 — 4 personal bests set
- BSU Cubing Days 2016 · 23 Apr 2016 — 2 personal bests set
- VSU Open 2016 · 26 Mar 2016 — 1 personal best set
- Two days in Vitebsk 2015 · 31 Oct 2015 — 2 personal bests set
- Dvina Open 2015 · 22 Aug 2015 — 4 personal bests set
- BSTU Open 2015 · 2 May 2015 — 4 personal bests set
- Dvina 3.0 2015 · 28 Feb 2015 — 3 personal bests set
- Vitba Winter 2015 · 5 Jan 2015 — 1 personal best set
- Minsk Winter 2014 · 27 Dec 2014 — 3 personal bests set
- Dvina One-Handed Edition 2014 · 27 Sep 2014
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.
- Vladislav Kaminskiy — met in 96 rounds, finished ahead 7 times
- Ilya Tsiareshka — met in 84 rounds, finished ahead 24 times
- Nikita Loika — met in 83 rounds, finished ahead 8 times
Next targets
- A sub-4 Pyraminx single — 9,892 people have one; it is 0.58 away.
- A sub-5 Skewb single — 13,285 people have one; it is 0.07 away.
Targets move as he improves.