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Matvey Bannikov (Матвей Банников)

2×2 · top 13.2% of 186,767 all-time · competing since February 2019 · 2019BANN01

Matvey Bannikov (Матвей Банников) has been competing for 8 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.91, set at Izhevsk Winter Cube 2020, puts him in the top 13.2% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 462nd in Russia. Across 5 competitions since February 2019, he has put 156 official solves on the record across nine events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, an early reading from 7 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 27.41 in February 2019 to 15.37, a 44% improvement. Matvey has entered five competitions, more competitions than 83% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 13.2% of 186,767 all-time
2.91
signature single · Izhevsk Winter Cube 2020
156
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingRussia
2×22.913.98
top 13.2%462 / 4,782
Clock8.119.63
top 15.7%72 / 714
Skewb5.2810.75
top 20.3%317 / 2,264
3×315.3717.51
top 25.7%1,303 / 6,475
Pyraminx7.678.29
top 33.4%1,179 / 3,777
3×3 one-handed27.5244.14
top 40.7%664 / 1,770
4×41:24.491:39.16
top 59.5%1,059 / 2,080
Megaminx3:27.78
early days — 3 solves734 / 998
Square-11:10.311:41.45
top 89.2%652 / 759

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

Izhevsk Winter Cube 2019: 27.41Perm Open 2019: 24.06YJ Kazan 2019: 19.81Chelny Summer 2019: 17.17Izhevsk Winter Cube 2020: 15.3715.3727.419 Feb 20198 Feb 2020

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-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.91 away.
  • A sub-8 Clock single — 4,877 people have one; it is 0.11 away.

Targets move as he improves.