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Pavel Trudolyubov

3×3 · top 9.6% of 284,439 all-time · competing since January 2018 · 2018TRUD01

Pavel Trudolyubov has been competing for 9 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 10.72, set at DFW Cubing Spring 2025, puts him in the top 9.6% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 5,237th in the United States. Until August 2006, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 13 competitions since January 2018, he has put 375 official solves on the record across 13 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, steadier than 91% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 20.75 in January 2018 to 10.72, a 48% improvement. Pavel has entered 13 competitions, more competitions than 94% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 9.6% of 284,439 all-time
10.72
signature single · DFW Cubing Spring 2025
375
official solves on the record
11%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 91% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×310.7214.69
top 9.6%5,237 / 59,724
2×23.815.52
top 24.1%9,441 / 40,951
Pyraminx6.5610.28
top 24.3%6,621 / 28,708
5×51:30.681:43.41
top 27.9%2,188 / 9,401
4×453.651:00.25
top 29.1%4,552 / 19,072
Megaminx1:34.491:50.92
top 31.0%2,182 / 7,841
6×62:44.303:05.33
top 33.1%1,185 / 4,196
Clock12.6113.61
top 37.9%2,997 / 8,927
7×74:29.524:43.52
top 40.9%1,164 / 3,184
3×3 one-handed28.7634.26
top 43.8%5,909 / 15,683
Skewb12.0518.73
top 66.3%12,368 / 18,907
3×3 Fewest Moves49 moves—
early days — 1 solve1,575 / 2,040
Square-11:10.36—
top 89.2%6,019 / 6,743

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

AZCubing Hamilton Winter 2018: 20.75Santa Fe Spring 2018: 19.22BeCubed Summer 2018: 16.95Pretzel Mania Dallas 2023: 14.80DFW Cubing Winter 2024: 15.26DFW Cubing Spring 2024: 14.14DFW Back to School 2024: 13.27The Heart of Texas 2025: 14.73Cube Against Cancer DFW 2025: 13.06DFW Cubing Spring 2025: 10.72DFW Cubing Spring 2026: 13.7410.7220.7513 Jan 201828 Mar 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-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 0.72 away.
  • A sub-3 2×2 single — 26,570 people have one; it is 0.81 away.

Targets move as he improves.