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Pavel Valov

3×3 · top 15.2% of 284,439 all-time · competing since August 2023 · 2023VALO02

Pavel Valov has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 12.39, set at Rubik's WCA European Championship 2024, puts him in the top 15.2% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 690th in Russia. Across 5 competitions since August 2023, he has put 128 official solves on the record across eight events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one, an early reading from 9 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 22.87 in August 2023 to 12.39, a 46% improvement. Pavel has entered five competitions, more competitions than 83% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 15.2% of 284,439 all-time
12.39
signature single · Rubik's WCA European Championship 2024
128
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingRussia
3×312.3916.40
top 15.2%690 / 6,475
3×3 one-handed21.6232.72
top 24.9%403 / 1,770
Pyraminx6.6810.72
top 25.3%872 / 3,777
Clock12.0521.69
top 35.2%167 / 714
2×24.765.52
top 36.3%1,466 / 4,782
4×41:09.341:14.26
top 46.2%805 / 2,080
Megaminx2:04.692:15.72
top 48.3%336 / 998
Skewb10.3718.40
top 57.2%1,064 / 2,264

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

Portugalete Open 2023: 22.87Parets Open 2024: 18.48Vilafranca Open 2024: 14.32Rubik's WCA European Championship 2024: 12.39Lleida Open 2024: 15.1912.3922.8719 Aug 202314 Sep 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-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 0.39 away.
  • A sub-20 3×3 one-handed single — 15,081 people have one; it is 1.62 away.

Targets move as he improves.