People · Russia

Islam Kitiev

2×2 · top 0.11% of 186,767 all-time · competing since November 2017 · 2017KITI02

Islam Kitiev has been competing for 9 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 0.69, set at MPEI Open 2019, puts him in the top 0.11% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 4th in Russia. Until November 2011, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 17 competitions since November 2017, he has put 741 official solves on the record across 13 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 20.93 in November 2017 to 9.83, a 53% improvement. Islam has entered 17 competitions, more competitions than 96% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2

best event — top 0.11% of 186,767 all-time

0.69

signature single · MPEI Open 2019

741

official solves on the record

13%

solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 52% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked

Event	PB single	PB average		Russia
2×2	0.69	3.40	top 0.11%	4 / 4,782
Megaminx	41.70	48.71	top 2.0%	8 / 998
Pyraminx	2.97	7.35	top 3.5%	73 / 3,777
3×3	9.83	11.58	top 7.0%	256 / 6,475
3×3 one-handed	15.18	17.15	top 8.5%	113 / 1,770
Skewb	3.92	7.02	top 10.3%	147 / 2,264
4×4	40.94	46.14	top 13.2%	182 / 2,080
5×5	1:19.07	1:26.38	top 18.4%	117 / 941
Square-1	17.26	27.00	top 21.5%	102 / 759
6×6	2:45.42	3:01.42	top 33.6%	85 / 343
3×3 Fewest Moves	37 moves	40.00	top 37.3%	109 / 366
7×7	4:22.71	4:33.69	early days — 3 solves	85 / 270
Clock	18.10	24.03	top 59.1%	348 / 714

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, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.

The story so far

14 Sep 2019Three personal bests in one day at Ramenskoe Open 2019.
24 Aug 2019Four personal bests in one day at Kursk Open 2019.
15 Jun 2019First sub-10 3×3: 9.83 at Stavropol Open 2019.
15 Jun 2019Five personal bests in one day at Stavropol Open 2019.
18 May 2019Three personal bests in one day at White City Cubing 2019.
2 Mar 2019Five personal bests in one day at Voronezh Open 2019.

Competitions

CCC Qualification SPB 2020 · 1 Feb 2020 — 1 personal best set
Sariki in Moscow 2020 · 2 Jan 2020 — 1 personal best set
MPEI Open 2019 · 22 Nov 2019 — 1 personal best set
Belgorod Open 2019 · 12 Oct 2019 — 2 personal bests set
Ramenskoe Open 2019 · 14 Sep 2019 — 3 personal bests set
Kursk Open 2019 · 24 Aug 2019 — 4 personal bests set
YJ Fest Moscow 2019 · 28 Jun 2019 — 2 personal bests set
Stavropol Open 2019 · 15 Jun 2019 — 5 personal bests set
White City Cubing 2019 · 18 May 2019 — 3 personal bests set
CCC Open Moscow 2019 · 13 Apr 2019 — 2 personal bests set
Voronezh Open 2019 · 2 Mar 2019 — 5 personal bests set
SPB Muffin Winter 2019 · 12 Jan 2019 — 2 personal bests set
MPEI Open 2018 · 23 Nov 2018 — 4 personal bests set
Saratov Open 2018 · 8 Sep 2018 — 6 personal bests set
White City Cubing 2018 · 7 Jul 2018 — 4 personal bests set
YJ Fest 2018 · 18 May 2018 — 4 personal bests set
MPEI Open 2017 · 24 Nov 2017

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.

Timur Imanov — met in 119 rounds, finished ahead 15 times
Vladislav Kozhin — met in 106 rounds, finished ahead 13 times
Maxim Ilin — met in 94 rounds, finished ahead 7 times

Next targets

A sub-40 Megaminx single — 557 people have one; it is 1.70 away.
A sub-2 Pyraminx single — 1,476 people have one; it is 0.97 away.

Targets move as he improves.