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Iurii Chesnokov (Юрий Чесноков)

Skewb · top 3.3% of 73,281 all-time · competing since December 2018 · 2018CHES17

Iurii Chesnokov (Юрий Чесноков) has been competing for 8 years. His best event is the Skewb: a personal-best single of 2.62, set at Vladivostok Is Back On 2021, puts him in the top 3.3% of the 73,281 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 36th in Russia. Until February 2014, no official Skewb solve in the world had been that fast. Across 6 competitions since December 2018, he has put 380 official solves on the record across twelve events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 16% around a typical one; 91% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 16.12 in December 2018 to 8.87, a 45% improvement. Iurii has entered six competitions, more competitions than 86% of everyone who has ever competed.

Skewb
best event — top 3.3% of 73,281 all-time
2.62
signature single · Vladivostok Is Back On 2021
380
official solves on the record
16%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 91% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingRussia
Skewb2.626.07
top 3.3%36 / 2,264
Pyraminx3.064.81
top 3.8%83 / 3,777
3×38.8710.76
top 4.6%156 / 6,475
4×436.4440.53
top 8.1%94 / 2,080
Megaminx57.231:00.30
top 8.5%50 / 998
2×22.513.63
top 9.0%296 / 4,782
5×51:17.971:27.54
top 17.5%116 / 941
Square-115.9618.57
top 18.6%92 / 759
3×3 one-handed20.7323.02
top 22.5%354 / 1,770
Clock10.6013.68
top 28.1%129 / 714
7×74:00.304:18.46
top 30.8%58 / 270
6×62:42.672:52.57
top 32.2%74 / 343

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

Vladivostok Winter 2018: 16.12CCC Qualification Vladivostok 2019: 11.82Vladivostok Spring 2020: 9.50Khabarovsk Open 2021: 10.33SPB Muffin Mini 2021: 10.28Vladivostok Is Back On 2021: 8.878.8716.122 Dec 201815 May 2021

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-2 Skewb single — 1,013 people have one; it is 0.62 away.
  • A sub-3 Pyraminx single — 4,700 people have one; it is 0.06 away.

Targets move as he improves.