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Roman Varkuta (Роман Варкута)

3×3 · top 4.8% of 284,439 all-time · competing since August 2014 · 2014VARK03

Roman Varkuta (Роман Варкута) has been competing for 12 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.99, set at Horse City 2021, puts him in the top 4.8% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 138th in Ukraine. Until May 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 26 competitions since August 2014, he has put 928 official solves on the record across nine events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 62% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 21.68 in August 2014 to 8.99, a 59% improvement. Roman has entered 26 competitions, more competitions than 98% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 4.8% of 284,439 all-time
8.99
signature single · Horse City 2021
928
official solves on the record
12%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 62% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUkraine
3×38.9910.85
top 4.8%138 / 2,868
2×22.344.66
top 7.4%139 / 1,894
4×436.2939.69
top 8.0%75 / 867
Pyraminx4.235.67
top 8.8%160 / 1,471
3×3 one-handed16.3419.40
top 11.0%100 / 755
5×51:13.071:19.07
top 13.9%61 / 425
3×3 Fewest Moves32 moves58.00
top 20.4%41 / 222
Skewb8.5110.82
top 45.1%382 / 884
6×63:30.703:43.42
top 55.0%101 / 169

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

Kharkiv Cube Day 2014: 21.68Beit Dan Open 2014: 18.22Kharkiv Winter 2014: 18.02Saint Petersburg Summer Open 2015: 15.77Fresh Cube 2017: 12.16Odessa Open 2017: 11.87Ukrainian Nationals 2017: 11.94Kharkiv Cube Day 2017: 11.77Dnepr Skips 2017: 12.39Lviv Cube Cup 2017: 11.61Kharkiv Winter 2017: 12.85Dnepr Never Fails 2018: 11.56Cube Star 2018: 10.69Lviv Spring Days 2018: 11.47Kharkiv Open 2018: 9.38Vinnytsia Open 2019: 10.32Lviv Spring Days 2019: 9.30Ukrainian Open 2019: 10.60Kharkiv Open 2019: 9.62Smartcube Fest Kyiv 2019: 9.05Cubes Masters Zhytomyr 2021: 10.39Horse City 2021: 8.99Kharkiv Cubefall 2021: 9.72U24 Open September 2022: 10.43That is Lviv 2023: 9.538.9921.6830 Aug 20145 Aug 2023

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-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.99 away.
  • A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.34 away.

Targets move as he improves.