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Roman Panchuk (Роман Панчук)

2×2 · top 4.2% of 186,767 all-time · competing since May 2017 · 2017PANC04

Roman Panchuk (Роман Панчук) has been competing for 9 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.91, set at Ukrainian Nationals 2019, puts him in the top 4.2% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 89th in Ukraine. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 11 competitions since May 2017, he has put 305 official solves on the record across eight events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one; 54% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 2×2 best has come down from 7.98 in May 2017 to 1.91, a 76% improvement. Roman has entered eleven competitions, more competitions than 93% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 4.2% of 186,767 all-time
1.91
signature single · Ukrainian Nationals 2019
305
official solves on the record
13%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 54% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUkraine
2×21.914.14
top 4.2%89 / 1,894
Pyraminx5.019.14
top 13.2%231 / 1,471
3×316.6220.51
top 29.8%763 / 2,868
Skewb6.729.10
top 31.4%258 / 884
3×3 one-handed30.6338.42
top 48.0%391 / 755
4×41:27.19
top 61.5%516 / 867
Clock21.3229.52
top 68.4%231 / 347
Megaminx3:29.41
early days — 1 solve356 / 424

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

Smart Cube Open 2017: 7.98Ukrainian Nationals 2017: 8.20Lviv Cube Cup 2017: 5.86Ukrainian Nationals 2018: 4.78Smart Cube Fest 2018: 6.36Lviv Spring Days 2019: 3.80Zhytomyr Cube Battle 2019: 3.68Ukrainian Open 2019: 3.13Ukrainian Nationals 2019: 1.91Smartcube Fest Kyiv 2019: 4.16Cubes Masters Zhytomyr 2019: 4.621.918.2013 May 201716 Nov 2019

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-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.91 away.
  • A sub-5 Pyraminx single — 17,019 people have one; it is 0.01 away.

Targets move as he improves.