Sunday 6 September 2026 Rebuilt nightly from the WCA's official results · export of 6 September 2026 · About
The Middle Three
People → Russia → Pavel Ermolaev

People · Russia

Pavel Ermolaev

2×2 · top 4.5% of 186,767 all-time · competing since October 2017 · 2017ERMO03

Pavel Ermolaev has been competing for 9 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.96, set at CFCTC Open 2018, puts him in the top 4.5% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 138th in Russia. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 3 competitions since October 2017, he has put 102 official solves on the record across eight events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, an early reading from 5 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 23.76 in October 2017 to 17.26, a 27% improvement. Pavel has entered three competitions, more competitions than 69% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 4.5% of 186,767 all-time
1.96
signature single · CFCTC Open 2018
102
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingRussia
2×21.966.16
top 4.5%138 / 4,782
3×317.2620.32
top 31.8%1,666 / 6,475
Pyraminx7.4910.63
top 31.9%1,121 / 3,777
Clock14.7520.08
top 46.9%244 / 714
Skewb11.7215.46
top 64.6%1,250 / 2,264
4×41:49.07
early days — 2 solves1,424 / 2,080
3×3 blindfolded6:19.99
early days — 1 solve262 / 310
5×54:18.86
early days — 2 solves874 / 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

SPB Championship 2017: 23.76Muffin Winter 2017: 19.62CFCTC Open 2018: 17.2617.2623.7627 Oct 201731 Mar 2018

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 0.96 away.
  • A sub-15 3×3 single — 69,493 people have one; it is 2.26 away.

Targets move as he improves.