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Roman Strakhov

4×4 blindfolded · top 1.9% of 2,174 all-time · competing since November 2012 · 2012STRA02

Roman Strakhov has been competing for 14 years. His best event is the 4×4 blindfolded: a personal-best single of 1:50.27, set at Semey Open 2018, puts him in the top 1.9% of the 2,174 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 3rd in Russia. Until December 2016, no official 4×4 blindfolded solve in the world had been that fast. Across 74 competitions since November 2012, he has put 958 official solves on the record across 17 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 16% around a typical one; 89% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 15.49 in November 2012 to 10.70, a 31% improvement. Roman has entered 74 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.

4×4 blindfolded
best event — top 1.9% of 2,174 all-time
1:50.27
signature single · Semey Open 2018
958
official solves on the record
16%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 89% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingRussia
4×4 blindfolded1:50.272:08.06
top 1.9%3 / 36
5×5 blindfolded3:57.385:49.77
top 2.2%2 / 23
3×3 Multi-Blind21 of 21 cubes · 58:28—
top 4.5%3 / 98
3×3 blindfolded31.0837.04
top 4.5%10 / 310
Pyraminx3.427.86
top 5.2%126 / 3,777
3×310.7013.52
top 9.6%386 / 6,475
2×24.095.20
top 27.6%1,089 / 4,782
5×51:40.581:53.92
top 35.8%277 / 941
4×41:09.851:19.82
top 46.7%813 / 2,080
7×74:51.845:13.52
top 48.3%107 / 270
3×3 Fewest Moves43 moves50.00
top 59.0%198 / 366
6×63:53.044:00.60
early days — 3 solves187 / 343
Square-147.411:21.18
top 73.6%510 / 759
3×3 one-handed52.7455.42
top 79.1%1,387 / 1,770
Megaminx3:25.013:38.11
top 82.3%720 / 998
Clock28.7646.72
top 82.8%533 / 714
Skewb18.4641.66
top 87.0%1,873 / 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

MPEI Open 2012: 15.49MPEI Open 2013: 15.66Tomsk Blind Weekend 2014: 12.77MPEI Open 2014: 17.78CCC End of Summer 2015: 13.58MPEI Open 2015: 18.56Minsk Winter 2015: 16.23Saint Petersburg Welcome To 2016: 15.36VSU Open 2016: 13.94BSU Cubing Days 2016: 14.03CCC Spring Open 2016: 11.93SPB Spring Open 2016: 14.49Full Steps in Brest 2016: 14.24PSU Open 2016: 15.32SPB Championship 2016: 15.15Belgorod Open 2016: 17.27Cuberussia in SPB 2017: 12.77Cuberussia in MSK 2017: 12.71Spring in Vitebsk 2017: 12.99To The Moon 2017: 12.17World Rubik's Cube Championship 2017: 15.43Svetlye Gory Open 2017: 14.28Belgorod Open 2017: 14.00MPEI Open 2017: 12.90Muffin Winter 2017: 12.84CFCTC Open 2018: 12.13SPB Island 2018: 13.03Semey Open 2018: 12.85Svetlye Gory Open 2018: 12.86Welcome to Academy 2018: 11.00MPEI Open 2018: 13.41Kostroma Winter Open 2018: 10.70Speedcubing Camp Minsk 2019: 14.05SPB Muffin Winter 2019: 11.60YJ Fest Siberia 2019: 12.39Pskov Open 2019: 11.23CCC Open Moscow 2019: 11.56Belarus Nationals 2019: 11.46CCC Qualification SPB 2020: 13.28Dubai Open 2024: 14.26Rubik's WCA European Championship 2024: 13.04DIA EH Cube for Change Dubai A 2025: 12.2910.7018.5624 Nov 201225 Jan 2025

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-1:30 4×4 blindfolded single — 16 people have one; it is 20.27 away.
  • A sub-3:00 5×5 blindfolded single — 10 people have one; it is 57.38 away.

Targets move as he improves.