People · Russia
Lev Aronov
3×3 · top 2.5% of 284,439 all-time · competing since January 2018 · 2018ARON02
Lev Aronov has been competing for 9 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 7.82, set at Cubing Ekat Open 2021, puts him in the top 2.5% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 75th in Russia. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 16 competitions since January 2018, he has put 623 official solves on the record across ten events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one; 58% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 14.91 in January 2018 to 7.82, a 48% improvement. Lev has entered 16 competitions, more competitions than 96% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Russia | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 7.82 | 10.53 | top 2.5% | 75 / 6,475 | |
| Square-1 | 8.40 | 13.45 | top 3.6% | 9 / 759 | |
| Pyraminx | 3.88 | 8.44 | top 7.1% | 188 / 3,777 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 14.83 | 17.19 | top 7.8% | 108 / 1,770 | |
| 2×2 | 2.65 | 3.74 | top 10.4% | 350 / 4,782 | |
| 3×3 Fewest Moves | 29 moves | — | early days — 1 solve | 30 / 366 | |
| Skewb | 4.81 | 7.39 | top 16.7% | 251 / 2,264 | |
| 4×4 | 45.61 | 57.98 | top 19.1% | 267 / 2,080 | |
| Megaminx | 1:25.23 | 2:02.35 | top 25.1% | 146 / 998 | |
| Clock | 17.78 | 20.93 | top 58.1% | 337 / 714 |
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
- 11 Sep 2021Three personal bests in one day at Cubing Ekat Open 2021.
- 4 Oct 2020First sub-10 3×3: 9.83 at Ural Autumn 2020.
- 22 Feb 2020Three personal bests in one day at Ural Winter 2020.
- 26 Oct 2019Three personal bests in one day at CCC Qualification Tyumen 2019.
- 28 Sep 2019Three personal bests in one day at Ural Autumn 2019.
- 24 Aug 2019Three personal bests in one day at Eka Cube Days 2019.
Competitions
- Cubing Ekat Open 2021 · 11 Sep 2021 — 3 personal bests set
- Tyumen Happy Saturday 2021 · 8 May 2021 — 2 personal bests set
- Ural Spring 2021 · 4 Apr 2021 — 1 personal best set
- Ural Autumn 2020 · 4 Oct 2020 — 2 personal bests set
- Ural Winter 2020 · 22 Feb 2020 — 3 personal bests set
- Eka Cube Winter 2020 · 18 Jan 2020 — 1 personal best set
- CCC Qualification Tyumen 2019 · 26 Oct 2019 — 3 personal bests set
- Ural Autumn 2019 · 28 Sep 2019 — 3 personal bests set
- Eka Cube Days 2019 · 24 Aug 2019 — 3 personal bests set
- Ural Spring 2019 · 18 May 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- EkatCube Spring 2019 · 2 Mar 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- Ural Winter 2019 · 19 Jan 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- Ural Open 2018 · 25 Aug 2018 — 5 personal bests set
- Ekat Summer 2018 · 21 Jul 2018 — 2 personal bests set
- Ural Winter 2018 · 17 Feb 2018 — 5 personal bests set
- IQber - PB time 2018 · 13 Jan 2018 — 3 personal bests set
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.
- Andrey Kolevatykh (Андрей Колеватых) — met in 105 rounds, finished ahead 35 times
- Vasily Stasyev — met in 101 rounds, finished ahead 70 times
- Dmitry Sidorenko — met in 57 rounds, finished ahead 36 times
Next targets
- A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 1.82 away.
- A sub-8 Square-1 single — 766 people have one; it is 0.40 away.
Targets move as he improves.