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Sergey Rafaelov

3×3 · top 35.5% of 284,439 all-time · competing since November 2010 · 2010RAFA01

Sergey Rafaelov has been competing for 16 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 18.46, set at Russia Open 2011, puts him in the top 35.5% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,899th in Russia. Across 5 competitions since November 2010, he has put 60 official solves on the record across five events. His 3×3 best has come down from 28.15 in November 2010 to 18.46, a 34% improvement. Sergey has entered five competitions, more competitions than 83% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 35.5% of 284,439 all-time
18.46
signature single · Russia Open 2011
60
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingRussia
3×318.4623.17
top 35.5%1,899 / 6,475
2×24.888.33
top 37.8%1,530 / 4,782
3×3 one-handed35.1340.72
top 57.5%974 / 1,770
Pyraminx10.9012.90
top 59.8%2,239 / 3,777
4×42:05.58
early days — 2 solves1,629 / 2,080

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 2010: 28.15Moscow North-West Open 2011: 21.83Russia Open 2011: 18.46MPEI Open 2017: 21.1218.4628.1520 Nov 201024 Nov 2017

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 3.46 away.
  • A sub-4 2×2 single — 49,452 people have one; it is 0.88 away.

Targets move as he improves.