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Stepan Kuryshev (Степан Курышев)

2×2 · top 2.0% of 186,767 all-time · competing since May 2018 · 2018KURY01

Stepan Kuryshev (Степан Курышев) has been competing for 8 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.46, set at One LY Cube 2018, puts him in the top 2.0% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 72nd in Russia. Until November 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 6 competitions since May 2018, he has put 371 official solves on the record across twelve events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, steadier than 93% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 14.51 in May 2018 to 10.97, a 24% improvement. Stepan has entered six competitions, more competitions than 86% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 2.0% of 186,767 all-time
1.46
signature single · One LY Cube 2018
371
official solves on the record
11%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 93% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingRussia
2×21.464.52
top 2.0%72 / 4,782
Pyraminx4.336.33
top 9.3%256 / 3,777
3×310.9712.24
top 10.4%433 / 6,475
Skewb4.306.94
top 13.0%191 / 2,264
4×448.3555.69
top 22.6%327 / 2,080
5×51:49.001:59.80
top 41.9%332 / 941
Megaminx1:52.852:07.05
top 42.0%289 / 998
3×3 one-handed28.7735.70
top 43.8%720 / 1,770
6×63:40.353:51.91
top 58.8%169 / 343
Square-136.6544.19
top 60.8%394 / 759
7×77:00.02
early days — 1 solve205 / 270
Clock53.91
early days — 1 solve690 / 714

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

One LY Cube 2018: 14.51Chelny Open 2018: 10.97Almet Open 2018: 11.82Sergach Winter 2019: 11.37Nizhny Novgorod Spring Open 2019: 11.48YJ Kazan 2019: 11.0810.9714.5112 May 201822 Jun 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-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.46 away.
  • A sub-4 Pyraminx single — 9,892 people have one; it is 0.33 away.

Targets move as he improves.