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Ivan Zabrodin

2×2 · top 1.1% of 186,767 all-time · competing since November 2012 · 2012ZABR01

Ivan Zabrodin has been competing for 14 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.21, set at Moscow South-West Open 2015, puts him in the top 1.1% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 42nd in Russia. Until November 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 53 competitions since November 2012, he has put 4,267 official solves on the record across 17 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, steadier than 83% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 16.78 in November 2012 to 9.01, a 46% improvement. Ivan has entered 53 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 1.1% of 186,767 all-time
1.21
signature single · Moscow South-West Open 2015
4,267
official solves on the record
11%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 83% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingRussia
2×21.212.91
top 1.1%42 / 4,782
Skewb2.404.43
top 2.5%26 / 2,264
Pyraminx2.685.72
top 2.7%60 / 3,777
3×39.0110.82
top 4.9%177 / 6,475
3×3 one-handed13.5419.42
top 5.3%68 / 1,770
4×435.2440.96
top 6.9%75 / 2,080
Clock6.307.76
top 8.3%28 / 714
3×3 Fewest Moves28 moves35.67
top 9.9%22 / 366
5×51:14.361:21.90
top 14.8%88 / 941
Megaminx1:13.591:17.13
top 17.8%96 / 998
7×73:25.723:44.41
top 18.3%35 / 270
6×62:19.562:32.14
top 20.2%47 / 343
3×3 blindfolded1:29.392:03.08
top 22.8%51 / 310
Square-119.6828.92
top 27.3%141 / 759
3×3 Multi-Blind6 of 6 cubes · 41:23—
top 30.9%27 / 98
4×4 blindfolded9:35.06—
top 55.2%23 / 36
5×5 blindfolded29:33.00—
early days — 2 solves22 / 23

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

MPEI Open 2012: 16.78Kharkiv Winter 2012: 14.83Nelidovo Open 2013: 14.75Ukrainian Open 2013: 14.90Moscow Summer 2013: 13.67Podolian Open 2013: 13.88Kharkiv Cube Day 2013: 14.25Kalmyki Open 2013: 11.69Lutsk Open 2013: 13.43Saint Petersburg Open 2013: 10.75Minsk Open 2013: 11.99Oleksandriia Open 2013: 10.52MPEI Open 2013: 12.53Kharkiv Open 2014: 10.22CCC Winter Open 2014: 11.90Ural Winter 2014: 10.93Tula Open 2014: 10.58Didas Brest 2014: 10.52Tomsk Blind Weekend 2014: 10.53Dvina Open 2014: 9.14Rubik's Cube European Championships 2014: 9.69Cubing Fest 2014: 9.63Dvina One-Handed Edition 2014: 9.78CCC Autumn Open 2014: 10.78OktoberBrest 2014: 9.36Saint Petersburg Open 2014: 9.18MPEI Open 2014: 10.38Vitba Winter 2015: 11.07Moscow Spring Open 2015: 10.00BSTU Open 2015: 9.72Saint Petersburg Summer Open 2015: 10.98Skips in Brest 2015: 10.20Dvina Open 2015: 11.16CCC End of Summer 2015: 10.22Moscow South-West Open 2015: 10.25MPEI Open 2015: 11.16Minsk Winter 2015: 9.01Moscow Christmas Open 2016: 10.69Saint Petersburg Welcome To 2016: 9.95CCC Spring Open 2016: 9.81Full Steps in Brest 2016: 9.76CCC Summer Open 2016: 9.44Cuberussia in MSK 2017: 10.30To The Moon 2017: 11.25Svetlye Gory Open 2017: 10.63Minsk Championship 2017: 9.45MPEI Open 2017: 11.59HSE Open 2018: 11.32YJ Fest 2018: 12.369.0116.7824 Nov 201218 May 2018

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-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.21 away.
  • A sub-2 Skewb single — 1,013 people have one; it is 0.40 away.

Targets move as he improves.