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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.

Pyraminx
best event — top 6.7% of 129,321 all-time
3.79
signature single · Winter in Pavlodar 2026
779
official solves on the record
11%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 89% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingKazakhstan
Pyraminx3.797.67
top 6.7%49 / 803
Clock7.358.98
top 12.4%21 / 135
3×311.8914.02
top 13.5%167 / 1,315
2×22.974.68
top 13.9%139 / 976
3×3 one-handed22.7433.30
top 28.1%106 / 330
Megaminx1:34.031:55.91
top 30.7%68 / 243
Skewb6.8911.30
top 32.8%116 / 474
4×41:10.731:29.24
top 47.6%182 / 415
Square-137.951:07.12
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

KSF Open 2023: 42.05Rudny Open 2023: 25.24Otantik Weekend 2023: 26.59Pavlodar Open 2023: 22.68Cubing Kazakhstan Nationals 2023: 18.95Kostanay Open 2023: 20.22Astana Open 2023: 22.70Shakarim Open 2023: 22.68Almaty Cubers Open 2024: 21.42Almaty Spring 2024: 19.56Summer in Bishkek 2024: 19.56Rudny Open 2025: 15.38Astana Open 2025: 15.40Almaty New Year 2026: 14.80Winter in Pavlodar 2026: 13.80Help Danelia Cubing Kazakhstan 2026: 16.28Nauryz Almaty 2026: 13.17NxNxN in Astana 2026: 11.89Haileybury Astana Open 2026: 12.77Shymkent Open 2026: 15.03Astana Spring 2026: 13.47KILC Cubing 2026: 14.52Cubing Kazakhstan Nationals 2026: 11.9211.8942.058 Jul 202321 Aug 2026

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-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.