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Roman Zakoulov

3×3 · top 0.35% of 288,433 all-time · competing since September 2024 · 2024ZAKO01

Roman Zakoulov has been competing for 2 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 5.74, set at Frenaros Scrambled Potatoes 2026, puts him in the top 0.35% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 3rd in Cyprus. Until June 2011, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 14 competitions since September 2024, he has put 544 official solves on the record across twelve events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 16% around a typical one; 89% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 10.81 in September 2024 to 5.74, a 47% improvement. Roman has entered 14 competitions, more competitions than 95% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 0.35% of 288,433 all-time
5.74
signature single · Frenaros Scrambled Potatoes 2026
544
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 standingCyprus
3×35.747.03
top 0.35%3 / 210
2×21.802.85
top 3.6%4 / 170
5×556.541:03.36
top 4.0%2 / 36
4×432.9937.35
top 5.0%3 / 80
Pyraminx3.525.93
top 5.6%8 / 131
3×3 one-handed14.2317.50
top 6.6%3 / 70
6×61:51.602:00.10
top 7.9%2 / 13
Skewb4.238.07
top 12.6%7 / 83
7×73:20.333:26.30
top 16.4%2 / 9
Clock9.4210.13
top 22.0%10 / 45
Megaminx1:25.821:31.31
top 25.5%5 / 40
3×3 Fewest Moves37 moves42.00
top 37.3%5 / 11

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

Battersea Autumn 2024: 10.81Cyprus Nationals 2024: 10.22Lincolnshire Autumn 2024: 10.38Cyprus Cubing League I 2025: 9.45Cyprus Cubing League II 2025: 8.66Athens Summer Solstice 2025: 8.88Cyprus Cubing League III 2025: 6.96Cyprus Cubing League IV 2025: 6.79Cyprus Nationals 2025: 7.05Cyprus Cubing League Final 2026: 7.83Nicosia Power Plant 2026: 7.27Rubik's WCA North American Championship 2026: 6.46Frenaros Scrambled Potatoes 2026: 5.745.7410.8128 Sep 202427 Sep 2026

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-5 3×3 single — 355 people have one; it is 0.74 away.
  • A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,050 people have one; it is 0.80 away.

Targets move as he improves.