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Ruslan Karpov

3×3 · top 25.7% of 284,439 all-time · competing since November 2012 · 2012KARP02

Ruslan Karpov has been competing for 14 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 15.38, set at MPEI Open 2013, puts him in the top 25.7% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,304th in Russia. Across 6 competitions since November 2012, he has put 65 official solves on the record across four events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, an early reading from 8 counted rounds. That figure sets aside his 2 DNFs. His 3×3 best has come down from 33.93 in November 2012 to 15.38, a 55% improvement. Ruslan has entered six competitions, more competitions than 86% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 25.7% of 284,439 all-time
15.38
signature single · MPEI Open 2013
65
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingRussia
3×315.3817.96
top 25.7%1,304 / 6,475
2×25.617.76
top 46.6%1,969 / 4,782
3×3 one-handed37.7153.38
top 61.9%1,061 / 1,770
3×3 blindfolded4:17.62
early days — 1 solve195 / 310

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: 33.93MPEI Open 2013: 15.38MPEI Open 2014: 17.58Vrn Spring 2015: 15.69Voronezh Open 2019: 16.43MPEI Open 2019: 17.8415.3833.9324 Nov 201222 Nov 2019

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-15 3×3 single — 69,493 people have one; it is 0.38 away.
  • A sub-5 2×2 single — 73,413 people have one; it is 0.61 away.

Targets move as he improves.