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Pavel Galaktionov

3×3 one-handed · top 0.53% of 73,695 all-time · competing since September 2013 · 2013GALA04

Pavel Galaktionov has been competing for 13 years. His best event is the 3×3 one-handed: a personal-best single of 9.04, set at SPB Spring Open 2016, puts him in the top 0.53% of the 73,695 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 5th in Russia. Until January 2014, no official 3×3 one-handed solve in the world had been that fast. Across 44 competitions since September 2013, he has put 3,657 official solves on the record across 13 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, steadier than 85% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 13.30 in September 2013 to 6.47, a 51% improvement. Pavel has entered 44 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3 one-handed
best event — top 0.53% of 73,695 all-time
9.04
signature single · SPB Spring Open 2016
3,657
official solves on the record
11%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 85% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingRussia
3×3 one-handed9.0411.71
top 0.53%5 / 1,770
3×36.478.27
top 0.83%21 / 6,475
Pyraminx2.164.57
top 1.4%27 / 3,777
2×21.332.46
top 1.5%53 / 4,782
4×430.1734.18
top 2.9%26 / 2,080
Skewb2.524.21
top 3.0%33 / 2,264
5×558.621:06.78
top 4.8%21 / 941
3×3 Fewest Moves27 moves30.67
top 8.0%15 / 366
6×62:09.452:20.70
top 15.1%32 / 343
7×73:16.883:24.26
top 15.3%28 / 270
Megaminx1:19.271:34.92
top 21.3%114 / 998
Square-117.4625.24
top 22.0%108 / 759
Clock27.1530.64
top 80.5%514 / 714

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

Saint Petersburg Open 2013: 13.30Dvina Open 2014: 10.23Cubing Fest 2014: 9.47Saint Petersburg Open 2014: 8.65MPEI Open 2014: 9.08Saint Petersburg Spring Open 2015: 9.63BSTU Open 2015: 8.53Saint Petersburg Summer Open 2015: 9.29Skips in Brest 2015: 8.82CCC End of Summer 2015: 8.34Saint Petersburg Autumn Open 2015: 8.73MPEI Open 2015: 8.63Moscow Christmas Open 2016: 8.97Saint Petersburg Welcome To 2016: 8.94CCC Spring Open 2016: 8.53SPB Spring Open 2016: 9.29Full Steps in Brest 2016: 9.02CCC Summer Open 2016: 9.14SPB Championship 2016: 8.25MPEI Open 2016: 8.37SPB Winter 2016: 7.21Cuberussia in SPB 2017: 8.50SPB Easter Open 2017: 8.03To The Moon 2017: 8.58LETI Open 2017: 8.15Svetlye Gory Open 2017: 8.25SPB Championship 2017: 8.30MPEI Open 2017: 7.98Muffin Winter 2017: 7.97CFCTC Open 2018: 6.48SPB Island 2018: 7.13Svetlye Gory Open 2018: 6.47SPB Summer 2018: 8.01Speedcubes Fest in SPB 2018: 6.74Welcome to Academy 2018: 7.51MPEI Open 2018: 8.03SPB Muffin Winter 2019: 8.10Pskov Open 2019: 8.13CCC Open Moscow 2019: 7.50MPEI Open 2019: 6.53CCC Qualification SPB 2020: 7.58SPB Muffin 2020: 7.60SPB Muffin Mini 2021: 7.926.4713.3014 Sep 20132 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-8 3×3 one-handed single — 151 people have one; it is 1.04 away.
  • A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 0.47 away.

Targets move as he improves.