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Roman Ponikarovskiy

2×2 · top 3.4% of 186,767 all-time · competing since April 2017 · 2017PONI01

Roman Ponikarovskiy has been competing for 9 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.77, set at Pskov Open 2019, puts him in the top 3.4% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 111th in Russia. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 17 competitions since April 2017, he has put 616 official solves on the record across twelve events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, steadier than 57% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 45.88 in April 2017 to 10.48, a 77% improvement. Roman has entered 17 competitions, more competitions than 96% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 3.4% of 186,767 all-time
1.77
signature single · Pskov Open 2019
616
official solves on the record
13%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 57% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingRussia
2×21.774.41
top 3.4%111 / 4,782
Pyraminx3.545.68
top 5.6%144 / 3,777
Skewb3.336.54
top 6.7%94 / 2,264
3×310.4813.81
top 8.9%359 / 6,475
3×3 one-handed19.5027.41
top 19.2%294 / 1,770
4×448.7556.20
top 23.1%336 / 2,080
5×51:34.821:52.03
top 31.3%230 / 941
Megaminx1:38.011:50.85
top 33.4%208 / 998
Square-124.3932.50
top 37.7%212 / 759
Clock16.3716.89
top 53.2%292 / 714
6×64:09.934:21.70
top 68.7%209 / 343
7×76:20.90—
top 72.4%172 / 270

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

SPB Easter Open 2017: 45.88LETI Open 2017: 24.87SPB Championship 2017: 27.04Muffin Winter 2017: 19.26CFCTC Open 2018: 18.45SPB Island 2018: 15.10Svetlye Gory Open 2018: 19.16SPB Summer 2018: 14.68Speedcubes Fest in SPB 2018: 13.68Welcome to Academy 2018: 12.36MPEI Open 2018: 14.76SPB Muffin Winter 2019: 13.88Pskov Open 2019: 11.99Belarus Nationals 2019: 12.97CCC Qualification SPB 2020: 10.48SPB Muffin 2020: 11.4310.4845.8815 Apr 201714 Mar 2020

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-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.77 away.
  • A sub-3 Pyraminx single — 4,700 people have one; it is 0.54 away.

Targets move as he improves.