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Ivan Koval

2×2 · top 10.0% of 186,767 all-time · competing since April 2010 · 2010KOVA02

Ivan Koval has been competing for 16 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.61, set at Sydals Open 2025, puts him in the top 10.0% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 333rd in Russia. Across 24 competitions since April 2010, he has put 619 official solves on the record across eight events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, steadier than 56% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 36.11 in April 2010 to 11.39, a 68% improvement. Ivan has entered 24 competitions, more competitions than 97% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 10.0% of 186,767 all-time
2.61
signature single · Sydals Open 2025
619
official solves on the record
13%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 56% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingRussia
2×22.614.34
top 10.0%333 / 4,782
3×311.3915.50
top 11.8%507 / 6,475
Pyraminx7.899.53
top 35.3%1,252 / 3,777
Skewb8.0613.94
top 41.7%724 / 2,264
4×41:20.961:27.30
top 56.7%1,009 / 2,080
Clock17.8846.36
top 58.4%340 / 714
3×3 one-handed38.1648.37
top 62.6%1,065 / 1,770
Square-11:02.021:52.39
top 84.9%607 / 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

Russia Open 2010: 36.11MPEI Open 2010: 20.90Moscow North-West Open 2011: 14.28Russia Open 2011: 16.68MPEI Open 2011: 15.55Moscow North-West Open 2012: 14.86Moscow North-West Open Winter 2013: 20.37Moscow Summer 2013: 14.82MPEI Open 2014: 16.55c't Open Hannover 2024: 16.41Bremium Cubing 2024: 11.39Back to Berlin 2024: 14.88Gdańska Liga Speedcubingu Final 2024: 16.14Aachen Open 2025: 16.49CubbOpen Roma 2025: 16.01German Newcomer Day 2025: 13.51Rahn Education Open 2025: 14.34Sydals Open 2025: 14.68Wuppertaler Würfel Wochenende 2025: 13.65c't Open Hannover 2025: 15.99Schwerin Open 2026: 13.81Rubik's WCA European Championship 2026: 14.56Nats Warm-Up Delmenhorst 2026: 14.16Rubik's German Nationals 2026: 14.3511.3936.1124 Apr 201028 Aug 2026

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 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.61 away.
  • A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 1.39 away.

Targets move as he improves.