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Stepan Blagoveshchenskiy (Степан Благовещенский)

2×2 · top 8.0% of 186,767 all-time · competing since November 2018 · 2018BLAG01

Stepan Blagoveshchenskiy (Степан Благовещенский) has been competing for 8 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.41, set at CCC Open Moscow 2019, puts him in the top 8.0% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 256th in Russia. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 4 competitions since November 2018, he has put 85 official solves on the record across five events. His 2×2 best has come down from 5.83 in November 2018 to 2.41, a 59% improvement. Stepan has entered four competitions, more competitions than 78% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 8.0% of 186,767 all-time
2.41
signature single · CCC Open Moscow 2019
85
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingRussia
2×22.415.33
top 8.0%256 / 4,782
3×313.8116.96
top 20.3%975 / 6,475
Pyraminx6.177.94
top 21.3%710 / 3,777
3×3 one-handed30.7232.42
top 48.3%809 / 1,770
Skewb11.7617.22
top 64.8%1,259 / 2,264

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

Welcome to Academy 2018: 5.83Kostroma Winter Open 2018: 2.95EkatCube Spring 2019: 4.55CCC Open Moscow 2019: 2.412.415.833 Nov 201813 Apr 2019

Best single per competition, 2×2. 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-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.41 away.
  • A sub-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 1.81 away.

Targets move as he improves.