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Maxim Ilin

2×2 · top 0.39% of 186,767 all-time · competing since May 2017 · 2017ILIN01

Maxim Ilin has been competing for 9 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 0.91, set at CCC Open Moscow 2019, puts him in the top 0.39% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 17th in Russia. Until November 2011, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 37 competitions since May 2017, he has put 2,474 official solves on the record across 15 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 63% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 19.78 in May 2017 to 7.23, a 63% improvement. Maxim has entered 37 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 0.39% of 186,767 all-time
0.91
signature single · CCC Open Moscow 2019
2,474
official solves on the record
12%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 63% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingRussia
2×20.912.38
top 0.39%17 / 4,782
Skewb1.823.83
top 0.96%8 / 2,264
3×37.238.39
top 1.6%39 / 6,475
3×3 one-handed10.7914.43
top 1.6%21 / 1,770
Pyraminx2.603.93
top 2.5%53 / 3,777
4×431.9038.20
top 4.1%39 / 2,080
Square-18.8212.66
top 4.2%12 / 759
5×559.011:04.86
top 5.0%23 / 941
Megaminx53.201:01.25
top 6.6%35 / 998
3×3 Fewest Moves27 moves31.67
top 8.0%15 / 366
Clock7.8110.00
top 14.3%61 / 714
7×73:13.243:26.84
top 14.3%24 / 270
6×62:19.092:27.17
top 20.0%46 / 343
3×3 blindfolded1:42.582:14.50
top 27.5%60 / 310
3×3 Multi-Blind2 of 2 cubes · 14:38—
early days — 2 solves70 / 98

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

To The Moon 2017: 19.78Welcome to Saratov 2017: 15.31LETI Open 2017: 12.07Tambov Summer 2017: 13.36Svetlye Gory Open 2017: 15.38SPB Championship 2017: 11.26MPEI Open 2017: 10.15Moscow Winter Cubing 2018: 10.76HSE Open 2018: 11.59CFCTC Open 2018: 10.12YJ Fest 2018: 10.69Voronezh Open 2018: 9.88Svetlye Gory Open 2018: 10.50White City Cubing 2018: 10.30SPB Summer 2018: 9.60Crystal Open 2018: 8.65Kursk Open 2018: 8.81MPEI Open 2018: 10.73Kostroma Winter Open 2018: 9.67Speedcubing Camp Minsk 2019: 8.64Voronezh Open 2019: 9.24Nizhny Novgorod Spring Open 2019: 8.40CCC Open Moscow 2019: 8.58YJ Fest Moscow 2019: 8.66CCC Qualification Voronezh 2019: 8.45Kursk Open 2019: 8.32Ramenskoe Open 2019: 7.73Tver EaZyCube Race 2019: 8.75Tambov Autumn 2019: 8.86MPEI Open 2019: 7.37Ivanovo Cuber Cup 2019: 7.23Volga Nizhny Novgorod 2020: 7.84SPB Muffin Mini 2021: 7.88Bogoroditsk Open 2021: 8.297.2319.786 May 201729 May 2021

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 Skewb single — 35 people have one; it is 0.82 away.
  • A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 1.23 away.

Targets move as he improves.