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Natalya Soboleva (Наталья Соболева)

3×3 · top 57.2% of 284,439 all-time · competing since November 2018 · 2018SOBO03

Natalya Soboleva (Наталья Соболева) has been competing for 8 years. Her best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 27.16, set at Welcome to Murmansk 2021, puts her in the top 57.2% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 3,382nd in Russia. Across 4 competitions since November 2018, she has put 38 official solves on the record across three events. Solve to solve, her 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, an early reading from 6 counted rounds. That figure sets aside her 2 DNFs. Her 3×3 best has come down from 1:27.53 in November 2018 to 27.16, a 69% improvement. Natalya has entered four competitions, more competitions than 78% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 57.2% of 284,439 all-time
27.16
signature single · Welcome to Murmansk 2021
38
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingRussia
3×327.1637.89
top 57.2%3,382 / 6,475
4×42:06.572:26.53
top 84.5%1,644 / 2,080
5×54:00.744:15.61
top 91.9%849 / 941

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

Welcome to Academy 2018: 1:27.53Severodvinsk Cup 2020: 43.80SPB Muffin 2020: 40.26Welcome to Murmansk 2021: 27.1627.161:27.533 Nov 201822 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 her.

Next targets

  • A sub-25 3×3 single — 149,621 people have one; it is 2.16 away.
  • A sub-2:00 4×4 single — 68,574 people have one; it is 6.57 away.

Targets move as she improves.