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Matvey Zhmulin

2×2 · top 0.72% of 186,767 all-time · competing since September 2017 · 2017ZHMU01

Matvey Zhmulin has been competing for 9 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.08, set at MPEI Open 2019, puts him in the top 0.72% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 26th in Russia. Until November 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 8 competitions since September 2017, he has put 248 official solves on the record across eight events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 67% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 27.66 in September 2017 to 10.37, a 63% improvement. Matvey has entered eight competitions, more competitions than 90% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 0.72% of 186,767 all-time
1.08
signature single · MPEI Open 2019
248
official solves on the record
14%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 67% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingRussia
2×21.083.21
top 0.72%26 / 4,782
Pyraminx3.925.62
top 7.3%195 / 3,777
Skewb3.464.64
top 7.5%106 / 2,264
3×310.3711.80
top 8.6%336 / 6,475
3×3 one-handed21.0625.05
top 23.4%374 / 1,770
4×459.801:03.52
top 36.3%597 / 2,080
Clock14.7017.55
top 46.8%242 / 714
Megaminx3:20.15
early days — 2 solves698 / 998

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

Svetlye Gory Open 2017: 27.66MPEI Open 2017: 18.77HSE Open 2018: 13.78YJ Fest 2018: 13.13Svetlye Gory Open 2018: 11.66MPEI Open 2018: 11.68Ramenskoe Open 2019: 10.37MPEI Open 2019: 12.1110.3727.662 Sep 201722 Nov 2019

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-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.08 away.
  • A sub-3 Pyraminx single — 4,700 people have one; it is 0.92 away.

Targets move as he improves.