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Islam Tagirov (Ислам Тагиров)

3×3 · top 4.7% of 284,439 all-time · competing since March 2018 · 2018TAGI01

Islam Tagirov (Ислам Тагиров) has been competing for 8 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.95, set at YJ Kazan 2019, puts him in the top 4.7% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 170th in Russia. Until May 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 4 competitions since March 2018, he has put 158 official solves on the record across eight events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 61% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 14.73 in March 2018 to 8.95, a 39% improvement. Islam has entered four competitions, more competitions than 78% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 4.7% of 284,439 all-time
8.95
signature single · YJ Kazan 2019
158
official solves on the record
12%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 61% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingRussia
3×38.9511.34
top 4.7%170 / 6,475
Pyraminx3.757.22
top 6.5%170 / 3,777
4×436.7642.11
top 8.4%97 / 2,080
2×23.254.41
top 17.2%642 / 4,782
Skewb5.108.53
top 18.9%291 / 2,264
3×3 one-handed30.3636.38
top 47.4%790 / 1,770
3×3 blindfolded3:03.75
early days — 2 solves134 / 310
Square-11:19.51
early days — 2 solves693 / 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

Chak-chak cubing in Kazan 2018: 14.73One LY Cube 2018: 13.27Almet Open 2018: 11.61YJ Kazan 2019: 8.958.9514.7324 Mar 201822 Jun 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-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.95 away.
  • A sub-3 Pyraminx single — 4,700 people have one; it is 0.75 away.

Targets move as he improves.