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Oleksandr Ivanov (Олександр Іванов)

2×2 · top 2.4% of 186,767 all-time · competing since October 2017 · 2017IVAN09

Oleksandr Ivanov (Олександр Іванов) has been competing for 9 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.55, set at Kyiv Side Events Winter 2024, puts him in the top 2.4% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 46th in Ukraine. Until November 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 17 competitions since October 2017, he has put 984 official solves on the record across eleven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 64% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 31.96 in October 2017 to 9.06, a 72% improvement. Oleksandr has entered 17 competitions, more competitions than 96% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 2.4% of 186,767 all-time
1.55
signature single · Kyiv Side Events Winter 2024
984
official solves on the record
12%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 64% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUkraine
2×21.553.23
top 2.4%46 / 1,894
Pyraminx2.794.99
top 3.0%45 / 1,471
Skewb2.713.62
top 3.7%27 / 884
3×39.0610.37
top 5.0%144 / 2,868
4×434.2143.22
top 6.0%61 / 867
Megaminx54.131:00.12
top 7.0%32 / 424
Clock6.368.84
top 8.6%29 / 347
3×3 one-handed19.9722.24
top 20.4%173 / 755
5×51:24.651:29.54
top 23.0%110 / 425
Square-118.0724.81
top 23.5%71 / 302
7×74:19.844:29.95
early days — 3 solves51 / 135

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

Kharkiv Cube Day 2017: 31.96Dnepr Skips 2017: 26.00Dnepr Puzzles Fest 2019: 17.93Smartcube Fest Kyiv 2019: 16.97U24 Tetiana Day 2023: 11.37U24 Pyramania Open 2023: 10.70Ukrainian Nationals 2023: 10.65Chernivtsi Open 2024: 9.19Kyiv Side Events Winter 2024: 10.04U24 Tetiana Day Kyiv 2025: 9.51Ukrainian Open 2025: 10.07Kyiv Blind Side Summer 2025: 9.06Kyiv Side Events Autumn 2025: 9.16Ukrainian Nationals 2025: 9.59Twist 'N Turn Kyiv 2026: 9.459.0631.961 Oct 201714 Jun 2026

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 0.55 away.
  • A sub-2 Pyraminx single — 1,476 people have one; it is 0.79 away.

Targets move as he improves.