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Ivan Kulikov (Иван Куликов)

Square-1 · top 9.7% of 25,272 all-time · competing since August 2018 · 2018KULI03

Ivan Kulikov (Иван Куликов) has been competing for 8 years. His best event is the Square-1: a personal-best single of 11.91, set at Eka Cube Winter 2020, puts him in the top 9.7% of the 25,272 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 41st in Russia. Until October 2009, no official Square-1 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 3 competitions since August 2018, he has put 59 official solves on the record across seven events. His 3×3 best has come down from 26.15 in August 2018 to 12.03, a 54% improvement. Ivan has entered three competitions, more competitions than 69% of everyone who has ever competed.

Square-1
best event — top 9.7% of 25,272 all-time
11.91
signature single · Eka Cube Winter 2020
59
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingRussia
Square-111.9120.93
top 9.7%41 / 759
3×312.0313.98
top 14.0%625 / 6,475
3×3 one-handed19.3525.51
top 18.8%287 / 1,770
4×458.771:07.38
top 35.1%573 / 2,080
2×25.095.85
top 40.5%1,650 / 4,782
Pyraminx9.3414.65
top 47.7%1,765 / 3,777
5×52:37.82
early days — 1 solve600 / 941

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

Ural Open 2018: 26.15Perm Open 2019: 15.32Eka Cube Winter 2020: 12.0312.0326.1525 Aug 201818 Jan 2020

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-10 Square-1 single — 1,533 people have one; it is 1.91 away.
  • A sub-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 0.03 away.

Targets move as he improves.