People · Kazakhstan
Lev Golaev
Pyraminx · top 6.7% of 129,321 all-time · competing since July 2023 · 2023GOLA02
Lev Golaev has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 3.79, set at Winter in Pavlodar 2026, puts him in the top 6.7% of the 129,321 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 49th in Kazakhstan. Until February 2008, no official Pyraminx solve in the world had been that fast. Across 23 competitions since July 2023, he has put 779 official solves on the record across nine events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, steadier than 89% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 42.05 in July 2023 to 11.89, a 72% improvement. Lev has entered 23 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 | Kazakhstan | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pyraminx | 3.79 | 7.67 | top 6.7% | 49 / 803 | |
| Clock | 7.35 | 8.98 | top 12.4% | 21 / 135 | |
| 3×3 | 11.89 | 14.02 | top 13.5% | 167 / 1,315 | |
| 2×2 | 2.97 | 4.68 | top 13.9% | 139 / 976 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 22.74 | 33.30 | top 28.1% | 106 / 330 | |
| Megaminx | 1:34.03 | 1:55.91 | top 30.7% | 68 / 243 | |
| Skewb | 6.89 | 11.30 | top 32.8% | 116 / 474 | |
| 4×4 | 1:10.73 | 1:29.24 | top 47.6% | 182 / 415 | |
| Square-1 | 37.95 | 1:07.12 | top 62.7% | 79 / 140 |
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
- 23 Mar 2026Five personal bests in one day at Nauryz Almaty 2026.
- 17 Jan 2026Seven personal bests in one day at Winter in Pavlodar 2026.
- 3 Jan 2026First sub-15 3×3: 14.80 at Almaty New Year 2026.
- 14 Nov 2025Four personal bests in one day at Rudny Open 2025.
- 23 Dec 2023Five personal bests in one day at Shakarim Open 2023.
- 9 Dec 2023Four personal bests in one day at Astana Open 2023.
Competitions
- Cubing Kazakhstan Nationals 2026 · 21 Aug 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- KILC Cubing 2026 · 9 Jul 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Astana Spring 2026 · 16 May 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Shymkent Open 2026 · 10 May 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Haileybury Astana Open 2026 · 26 Apr 2026
- NxNxN in Astana 2026 · 5 Apr 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Nauryz Almaty 2026 · 23 Mar 2026 — 5 personal bests set
- Help Danelia Cubing Kazakhstan 2026 · 14 Mar 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Winter in Pavlodar 2026 · 17 Jan 2026 — 7 personal bests set
- Almaty New Year 2026 · 3 Jan 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Astana Open 2025 · 29 Nov 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Rudny Open 2025 · 14 Nov 2025 — 4 personal bests set
- Summer in Bishkek 2024 · 22 Jun 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Almaty Spring 2024 · 26 Mar 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Almaty Cubers Open 2024 · 27 Jan 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Shakarim Open 2023 · 23 Dec 2023 — 5 personal bests set
- Astana Open 2023 · 9 Dec 2023 — 4 personal bests set
- Kostanay Open 2023 · 25 Nov 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Cubing Kazakhstan Nationals 2023 · 3 Nov 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- Pavlodar Open 2023 · 7 Oct 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Otantik Weekend 2023 · 2 Sep 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Rudny Open 2023 · 19 Aug 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- KSF Open 2023 · 8 Jul 2023
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.
- Damir Zhanataev — met in 155 rounds, finished ahead 5 times
- Aidar Nadir — met in 89 rounds, finished ahead 18 times
- Alisher Kurmash — met in 78 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
Next targets
- A sub-3 Pyraminx single — 4,700 people have one; it is 0.79 away.
- A sub-6 Clock single — 2,324 people have one; it is 1.35 away.
Targets move as he improves.