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Matvey Sadovnikov

2×2 · top 14.1% of 186,767 all-time · competing since May 2012 · 2012SADO02

Matvey Sadovnikov has been competing for 14 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.99, set at Ural Autumn 2015, puts him in the top 14.1% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 500th in Russia. Across 8 competitions since May 2012, he has put 348 official solves on the record across nine events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one; 88% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. That figure sets aside his 4 DNFs. His Skewb best has come down from 16.69 in March 2014 to 7.00, a 58% improvement. Matvey has entered eight competitions, more competitions than 90% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 14.1% of 186,767 all-time
2.99
signature single · Ural Autumn 2015
348
official solves on the record
15%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 88% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingRussia
2×22.998.27
top 14.1%500 / 4,782
Pyraminx5.4712.47
top 16.2%528 / 3,777
Skewb7.0010.63
top 33.7%552 / 2,264
3×318.7323.62
top 36.3%1,949 / 6,475
4×41:16.211:31.82
top 52.7%939 / 2,080
5×52:18.423:03.02
top 60.2%516 / 941
3×3 one-handed36.6645.80
top 60.2%1,028 / 1,770
Megaminx3:03.323:30.30
top 75.5%621 / 998
6×65:35.395:56.87
early days — 3 solves285 / 343

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

Ural Winter 2014: 16.69Ural Open 2014: 9.56Ural Winter 2015: 10.30Ural Open 2015: 9.75Ural Autumn 2015: 10.81Ural Winter 2016: 7.97Ural Open 2016: 7.007.0016.691 Mar 201425 Jul 2016

Best single per competition, Skewb. 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 0.99 away.
  • A sub-5 Pyraminx single — 17,019 people have one; it is 0.47 away.

Targets move as he improves.