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Roman Grachev

2×2 · top 8.6% of 186,767 all-time · competing since April 2017 · 2017GRAC01

Roman Grachev has been competing for 9 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.47, set at Kalmykia Open 2018, puts him in the top 8.6% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 278th in Russia. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 3 competitions since April 2017, he has put 88 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 19% around a typical one, an early reading from 5 counted rounds. His 2×2 best has come down from 14.90 in April 2017 to 2.47, an 83% improvement. Roman has entered three competitions, more competitions than 69% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 8.6% of 186,767 all-time
2.47
signature single · Kalmykia Open 2018
88
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingRussia
2×22.476.93
top 8.6%278 / 4,782
3×322.7132.69
top 47.2%2,680 / 6,475
Pyraminx10.5816.44
top 57.5%2,169 / 3,777
3×3 one-handed49.681:14.28
top 76.5%1,333 / 1,770
Skewb15.4123.06
top 79.6%1,648 / 2,264
4×41:58.912:31.40
top 81.2%1,554 / 2,080

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

Kalmykia Open 2017: 14.90Cuberussia in Kalmykia 2017: 5.98Kalmykia Open 2018: 2.472.4714.908 Apr 20177 Apr 2018

Best single per competition, 2×2. 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-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.47 away.
  • A sub-20 3×3 single — 113,584 people have one; it is 2.71 away.

Targets move as he improves.