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Ivan Makachev

2×2 · top 7.0% of 186,767 all-time · competing since March 2009 · 2009MAKA01

Ivan Makachev has been competing for 18 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.30, set at Ural Open 2012, puts him in the top 7.0% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 225th in Russia. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 28 competitions since March 2009, he has put 814 official solves on the record across 13 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 10% around a typical one, steadier than 95% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 23.02 in March 2009 to 10.63, a 54% improvement. Ivan has entered 28 competitions, more competitions than 98% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 7.0% of 186,767 all-time
2.30
signature single · Ural Open 2012
814
official solves on the record
10%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 95% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingRussia
2×22.305.23
top 7.0%225 / 4,782
3×310.6313.22
top 9.4%373 / 6,475
3×3 one-handed19.1323.12
top 18.2%279 / 1,770
3×3 Fewest Moves36 moves
top 33.6%94 / 366
Pyraminx8.6612.49
top 41.9%1,534 / 3,777
4×41:12.381:27.75
top 49.1%860 / 2,080
Clock19.5025.79
top 63.2%377 / 714
Megaminx2:34.963:11.29
top 63.6%482 / 998
5×52:37.062:52.91
top 69.1%594 / 941
Square-11:10.252:13.84
top 89.2%651 / 759
6×65:49.416:10.52
top 89.2%295 / 343
7×710:50.00
top 97.7%266 / 270
Skewb40.30
early days — 2 solves2,254 / 2,264

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

Moscow Open 2009: 23.02Saint Petersburg Open 2009: 17.96Russia Open 2010: 12.55European Rubik's Cube Championship 2010: 13.83MPEI Open 2010: 13.78Bialystok Open 2011: 12.59Kyiv Open 2011: 13.55Moscow North-West Open 2011: 12.80Russia Open 2011: 11.88World Rubik's Cube Championship 2011: 12.55MPEI Open 2011: 13.09Ukraine Open 2012: 12.69Ural Open 2012: 12.11Moscow North-West Open 2012: 11.56Oleksandriia Open 2012: 11.88MPEI Open 2012: 12.16Moscow North-West Open Winter 2013: 12.65Nelidovo Open 2013: 12.84Moscow Summer 2013: 12.05Kalmyki Open 2013: 11.27Saint Petersburg Open 2013: 12.20Minsk Open 2013: 13.46MPEI Open 2013: 13.18NULAU Kharkiv Winter 2013: 13.00CCC Winter Open 2014: 10.63Moscow South-West Open 2015: 13.19MPEI Open 2015: 13.3610.6323.028 Mar 200927 Nov 2015

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 0.30 away.
  • A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 0.63 away.

Targets move as he improves.