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Stepan Potapov

2×2 · top 31.4% of 186,767 all-time · competing since December 2017 · 2017POTA04

Stepan Potapov has been competing for 9 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 4.38, set at Every Event Éire 2019, puts him in the top 31.4% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 386th in Ireland. Across 6 competitions since December 2017, he has put 115 official solves on the record across eight events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, an early reading from 5 counted rounds. His 2×2 best has come down from 13.08 in December 2017 to 4.38, a 67% improvement. Stepan has entered six competitions, more competitions than 86% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 31.4% of 186,767 all-time
4.38
signature single · Every Event Éire 2019
115
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingIreland
2×24.385.27
top 31.4%386 / 1,163
3×318.1022.24
top 34.4%474 / 1,427
Skewb10.0214.74
top 55.1%356 / 624
Pyraminx10.8213.43
top 59.2%588 / 911
4×41:36.702:02.59
top 68.4%361 / 579
5×53:19.47
early days — 2 solves253 / 296
Square-11:42.50
early days — 1 solve193 / 194
3×3 one-handed1:56.17
early days — 2 solves439 / 448

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

Dublin Open 2017: 13.08Irish Championship 2018: 5.74Crystal Open 2018: 4.72YJ Fest Moscow 2019: 5.08Every Event Éire 2019: 4.384.3813.082 Dec 20172 Nov 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-4 2×2 single — 49,452 people have one; it is 0.38 away.
  • A sub-15 3×3 single — 69,493 people have one; it is 3.10 away.

Targets move as he improves.