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Ruslan Tsyhankov (Руслан Циганков)

Skewb · top 7.0% of 73,281 all-time · competing since December 2017 · 2017TSYH01

Ruslan Tsyhankov (Руслан Циганков) has been competing for 9 years. His best event is the Skewb: a personal-best single of 3.38, set at Dnepr Puzzles Fest 2019, puts him in the top 7.0% of the 73,281 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 56th in Ukraine. Until February 2014, no official Skewb solve in the world had been that fast. Across 6 competitions since December 2017, he has put 187 official solves on the record across eight events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, steadier than 91% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 21.67 in December 2017 to 11.31, a 48% improvement. Ruslan has entered six competitions, more competitions than 86% of everyone who has ever competed.

Skewb
best event — top 7.0% of 73,281 all-time
3.38
signature single · Dnepr Puzzles Fest 2019
187
official solves on the record
11%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 91% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUkraine
Skewb3.386.87
top 7.0%56 / 884
3×311.3113.07
top 11.5%297 / 2,868
3×3 one-handed16.5520.99
top 11.5%104 / 755
2×23.465.35
top 19.7%369 / 1,894
Pyraminx6.019.15
top 20.1%353 / 1,471
Clock10.3011.54
top 26.6%86 / 347
4×41:47.09
early days — 2 solves629 / 867
Square-11:15.74
early days — 2 solves277 / 302

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 Winter 2017: 21.67Ukrainian Open 2018: 18.03Ukrainian Open 2019: 12.59Kharkiv Open 2019: 13.47Dnepr Puzzles Fest 2019: 12.35Kharkiv Cubefall 2021: 11.3111.3121.6723 Dec 201723 Oct 2021

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-3 Skewb single — 3,646 people have one; it is 0.38 away.
  • A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 1.31 away.

Targets move as he improves.