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Pavel Kruglov

3×3 · top 5.3% of 284,439 all-time · competing since July 2017 · 2017KRUG02

Pavel Kruglov has been competing for 9 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 9.19, set at Potablava Open 2024, puts him in the top 5.3% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 187th in Russia. Until February 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 5 competitions since July 2017, he has put 107 official solves on the record across three events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 79% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 11.70 in July 2017 to 9.19, a 21% improvement. Pavel has entered five competitions, more competitions than 83% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 5.3% of 284,439 all-time
9.19
signature single · Potablava Open 2024
107
official solves on the record
12%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 79% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingRussia
3×39.1911.08
top 5.3%187 / 6,475
2×22.734.77
top 11.3%381 / 4,782
Pyraminx6.4310.12
top 23.3%778 / 3,777

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

LETI Open 2017: 11.70SPB Championship 2017: 11.08Leersum Algs 2024: 12.25Potablava Open 2024: 9.19Lente Spring 2024: 9.629.1912.251 Jul 20177 Apr 2024

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 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.19 away.
  • A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.73 away.

Targets move as he improves.