People · Russia
Maxim Yakovlev
Skewb · top 15.0% of 74,164 all-time · competing since September 2018 · 2018YAKO05
Maxim Yakovlev has been competing for 8 years. His best event is the Skewb: a personal-best single of 4.56, set at Cozy Cubing Poway 2023, puts him in the top 15.0% of the 74,164 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 225th in Russia. Across 8 competitions since September 2018, he has put 96 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 16% around a typical one, an early reading from 7 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 42.01 in September 2018 to 21.05, a 50% improvement. Maxim has entered eight competitions, more competitions than 90% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Russia | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Skewb | 4.56 | 11.88 | top 15.0% | 225 / 2,264 | |
| Pyraminx | 8.18 | 11.42 | top 37.8% | 1,363 / 3,784 | |
| 2×2 | 4.93 | 7.46 | top 38.5% | 1,556 / 4,788 | |
| 3×3 | 21.05 | 25.57 | top 43.0% | 2,391 / 6,485 | |
| Square-1 | 42.43 | 1:00.51 | top 68.3% | 470 / 760 | |
| Clock | 24.93 | — | early days — 2 solves | 490 / 715 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 1:03.11 | — | early days — 2 solves | 1,517 / 1,772 |
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
Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 19 Nov 2022First sub-30 3×3: 26.69 at Circle City Supercharged 2022.
- 15 Sep 2018First competition: Berkeley Summer 2018. A 42.01 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Give Back RPV 2023 · 29 Apr 2023
- UCSD Spring 2023 · 2 Apr 2023
- Circle City Turbocharged 2023 · 11 Mar 2023
- Marshall Cubing Spring 2023 · 4 Mar 2023
- Cozy Cubing Poway 2023 · 29 Jan 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Winter WestSide Events 2022 · 10 Dec 2022 — 2 personal bests set
- Circle City Supercharged 2022 · 19 Nov 2022 — 1 personal best set
- Berkeley Summer 2018 · 15 Sep 2018
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.
- Aileen Vo — met in 17 rounds, never finished ahead
- Elijah Brown — met in 14 rounds, finished ahead once
- David B. Militante — met in 13 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
Next targets
- A sub-4 Skewb single — 8,121 people have one; it is 0.56 away.
- A sub-8 Pyraminx single — 47,369 people have one; it is 0.18 away.
Targets move as he improves.