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Maksym Azarov (Максим Азаров)

3×3 · top 6.9% of 284,439 all-time · competing since February 2017 · 2017AZAR01

Maksym Azarov (Максим Азаров) has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 9.79, set at Lviv Spring Days 2018, puts him in the top 6.9% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 191st in Ukraine. Until October 2007, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 4 competitions since February 2017, he has put 169 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 64% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 11.65 in February 2017 to 9.79, a 16% improvement. Maksym has entered four competitions, more competitions than 78% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 6.9% of 284,439 all-time
9.79
signature single · Lviv Spring Days 2018
169
official solves on the record
12%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 64% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUkraine
3×39.7912.33
top 6.9%191 / 2,868
3×3 one-handed17.6520.73
top 14.2%125 / 755
2×23.114.69
top 15.5%281 / 1,894
5×51:19.051:26.38
top 18.3%85 / 425
4×445.5553.97
top 19.0%167 / 867
Square-125.6929.84
top 40.7%123 / 302
3×3 Fewest Moves44 moves
early days — 1 solve136 / 222

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

Just Lviv It 2017: 11.65Ukrainian Nationals 2017: 12.10Lviv Cube Cup 2017: 10.68Lviv Spring Days 2018: 9.799.7912.1011 Feb 201724 Mar 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-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.79 away.
  • A sub-15 3×3 one-handed single — 5,987 people have one; it is 2.65 away.

Targets move as he improves.