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Stepan Kaplinskyi (Степан Каплінський)

2×2 · top 1.9% of 186,767 all-time · competing since January 2024 · 2024KAPL01

Stepan Kaplinskyi (Степан Каплінський) has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.44, set at Victoria Gardens Kyiv 2026, puts him in the top 1.9% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 34th in Ukraine. Until November 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 30 competitions since January 2024, he has put 1,475 official solves on the record across 16 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 66% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 22.34 in January 2024 to 7.88, a 65% improvement. Stepan has entered 30 competitions, more competitions than 98% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 1.9% of 186,767 all-time
1.44
signature single · Victoria Gardens Kyiv 2026
1,475
official solves on the record
14%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 66% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUkraine
2×21.442.72
top 1.9%34 / 1,894
3×37.8810.62
top 2.6%84 / 2,868
Pyraminx2.833.94
top 3.1%47 / 1,471
Clock4.797.01
top 3.9%15 / 347
Megaminx51.591:01.57
top 5.8%25 / 424
5×51:02.501:14.41
top 6.9%35 / 425
4×436.5741.50
top 8.2%81 / 867
3×3 blindfolded45.431:03.32
top 8.4%15 / 177
Skewb3.744.35
top 9.2%77 / 884
3×3 one-handed17.5619.74
top 14.0%123 / 755
3×3 Fewest Moves30 moves35.33
top 14.8%35 / 222
3×3 Multi-Blind10 of 10 cubes · 46:31—
early days — 3 solves7 / 67
6×62:13.792:24.67
top 17.3%30 / 169
Square-118.3922.27
top 24.3%77 / 302
4×4 blindfolded5:24.01—
top 24.9%7 / 27
7×73:44.784:13.68
top 25.2%34 / 135

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

U24 Tetiana Day 2024: 22.34Kyiv NxN Summer 2024: 14.61Kyiv Blind Side 2024: 16.84Ukrainian Nationals 2024: 12.65Kyiv Side Events Winter 2024: 12.33U24 Tetiana Day Kyiv 2025: 13.37Kyiv Big & Blind Winter 2025: 10.46Chernivtsi Open 2025: 12.93Ukrainian Open 2025: 11.46Kyiv Blind Side Summer 2025: 10.56Kyiv NxN Summer 2025: 10.66Kyiv Side Events Autumn 2025: 9.97Ukrainian Nationals 2025: 10.16Kyiv Blind Side Autumn 2025: 10.12U24 Tetiana Day Kyiv 2026: 9.40Kyiv Blind Side Winter 2026: 7.88River Mall Kyiv 2026: 9.24Kyiv NxN Spring 2026: 8.99Ekvator Rivne Open 2026: 9.67Twist 'N Turn Kyiv 2026: 9.17Victoria Gardens Kyiv 2026: 9.51Vinnytsia Open 2026: 9.337.8822.3427 Jan 20241 Aug 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-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.44 away.
  • A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 1.88 away.

Targets move as he improves.