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Karen Kostanyan

3×3 · top 16.8% of 284,439 all-time · competing since March 2017 · 2017KOST01

Karen Kostanyan has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 12.81, set at MPEI Open 2017, puts him in the top 16.8% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 776th in Russia. Across 2 competitions since March 2017, he has put 59 official solves on the record across six events. His 3×3 best has come down from 15.89 in March 2017 to 12.81, a 19% improvement. Karen has entered two competitions.

3×3
best event — top 16.8% of 284,439 all-time
12.81
signature single · MPEI Open 2017
59
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingRussia
3×312.8118.55
top 16.8%776 / 6,475
Skewb7.5713.26
top 38.0%646 / 2,264
2×25.285.76
top 42.8%1,758 / 4,782
Clock15.7318.36
top 50.8%277 / 714
3×3 one-handed33.8140.27
top 55.0%929 / 1,770
Pyraminx11.1112.51
top 61.3%2,297 / 3,777

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

Cuberussia in MSK 2017: 15.89MPEI Open 2017: 12.8112.8115.8918 Mar 201724 Nov 2017

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-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 0.81 away.
  • A sub-6 Skewb single — 18,841 people have one; it is 1.57 away.

Targets move as he improves.