People · Russia
Ivan Polkanov (Иван Полканов)
5×5 · top 0.51% of 40,792 all-time · competing since May 2018 · 2018POLK03
Ivan Polkanov (Иван Полканов) has been competing for 8 years. His best event is the 5×5: a personal-best single of 43.72, set at DIA EH Cube for Change Dubai B 2025, puts him in the top 0.51% of the 40,792 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 3rd in Russia. Until November 2016, no official 5×5 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 22 competitions since May 2018, he has put 1,018 official solves on the record across 13 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 68% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 27.83 in May 2018 to 6.24, a 78% improvement. Ivan has entered 22 competitions, more competitions than 97% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Russia | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5×5 | 43.72 | 49.94 | top 0.51% | 3 / 941 | |
| 2×2 | 1.04 | 1.75 | top 0.64% | 21 / 4,782 | |
| 3×3 | 6.24 | 7.50 | top 0.64% | 16 / 6,475 | |
| 4×4 | 24.88 | 29.01 | top 0.67% | 8 / 2,080 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 10.37 | 12.98 | top 1.3% | 14 / 1,770 | |
| Skewb | 2.03 | 3.74 | top 1.5% | 12 / 2,264 | |
| Pyraminx | 2.59 | 4.28 | top 2.4% | 51 / 3,777 | |
| Megaminx | 57.63 | 1:06.46 | top 8.7% | 52 / 998 | |
| Clock | 6.81 | 8.24 | top 10.3% | 38 / 714 | |
| Square-1 | 12.84 | 18.91 | top 11.6% | 53 / 759 | |
| 3×3 blindfolded | 1:07.34 | 1:52.17 | top 15.4% | 33 / 310 | |
| 6×6 | 2:40.08 | 3:00.10 | early days — 3 solves | 67 / 343 | |
| 3×3 Multi-Blind | 3 of 3 cubes · 23:01 | — | top 53.9% | 46 / 98 |
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
Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 4 Oct 2020Three personal bests in one day at Ural Autumn 2020.
- 1 Feb 2020Four personal bests in one day at CCC Qualification SPB 2020.
- 28 Dec 2019Five personal bests in one day at Ivanovo Cuber Cup 2019.
- 22 Nov 2019Seven personal bests in one day at MPEI Open 2019.
- 27 Oct 2019Four personal bests in one day at Tver EaZyCube Race 2019.
- 14 Sep 2019Three personal bests in one day at Ramenskoe Open 2019.
Competitions
- DIA EH Cube for Change Dubai B 2025 · 26 Jan 2025 — 1 personal best set
- KSF Open 2023 · 8 Jul 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- KSF Club Almaty 2022 · 10 Dec 2022 — 1 personal best set
- Bogoroditsk Open 2021 · 29 May 2021
- Tyumen Happy Saturday 2021 · 8 May 2021
- SPB Muffin Mini 2021 · 2 May 2021 — 1 personal best set
- Ural Spring 2021 · 4 Apr 2021 — 2 personal bests set
- Ural Autumn 2020 · 4 Oct 2020 — 3 personal bests set
- Volga Nizhny Novgorod 2020 · 29 Feb 2020 — 2 personal bests set
- CCC Qualification SPB 2020 · 1 Feb 2020 — 4 personal bests set
- Sariki in Moscow 2020 · 2 Jan 2020 — 1 personal best set
- Ivanovo Cuber Cup 2019 · 28 Dec 2019 — 5 personal bests set
- MPEI Open 2019 · 22 Nov 2019 — 7 personal bests set
- Tver EaZyCube Race 2019 · 27 Oct 2019 — 4 personal bests set
- Ramenskoe Open 2019 · 14 Sep 2019 — 3 personal bests set
- YJ Moscow Special 2019 · 10 Aug 2019 — 3 personal bests set
- YJ Fest Moscow 2019 · 28 Jun 2019 — 7 personal bests set
- CCC Open Moscow 2019 · 13 Apr 2019 — 6 personal bests set
- MPEI Open 2018 · 23 Nov 2018 — 6 personal bests set
- Crystal Open 2018 · 18 Aug 2018 — 5 personal bests set
- Svetlye Gory Open 2018 · 29 Jun 2018 — 2 personal bests set
- YJ Fest 2018 · 18 May 2018
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.
- Alexander Bashutkin — met in 195 rounds, finished ahead 59 times
- Maxim Ilin — met in 147 rounds, finished ahead 64 times
- Andrey Che — met in 133 rounds, finished ahead 29 times
Next targets
- A sub-40 5×5 single — 68 people have one; it is 3.72 away.
- A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.04 away.
Targets move as he improves.