People · Russia
Timofei Sopin
3×3 · top 2.2% of 288,433 all-time · competing since September 2023 · 2023SOPI01
Timofei Sopin has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 7.66, set at Cube Against Cancer - Orange County 2025, puts him in the top 2.2% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 63rd in Russia. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 8 competitions since September 2023, he has put 192 official solves on the record across nine events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 70% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. That figure sets aside his 4 DNFs. His 3×3 best has come down from 13.98 in September 2023 to 7.66, a 45% improvement. Timofei has entered eight competitions, more competitions than 90% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Russia | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 7.66 | 9.77 | top 2.2% | 63 / 6,485 | |
| 2×2 | 2.06 | 3.18 | top 5.2% | 163 / 4,788 | |
| 4×4 | 36.94 | 45.93 | top 8.7% | 98 / 2,085 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 15.79 | 18.28 | top 9.8% | 130 / 1,772 | |
| Pyraminx | 5.03 | 7.24 | top 13.4% | 399 / 3,784 | |
| Megaminx | 1:25.67 | 1:39.59 | top 25.5% | 149 / 999 | |
| Skewb | 6.61 | 7.53 | top 30.6% | 485 / 2,264 | |
| 3×3 blindfolded | 1:53.11 | — | early days — 3 solves | 67 / 310 | |
| 5×5 | 1:42.77 | 1:48.45 | top 37.5% | 298 / 942 |
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
Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 8 Sep 2024Four personal bests in one day at Aliso Niguel Summer 2024.
- 14 Jul 2024First sub-10 3×3: 9.60 at Nub Open Mission Viejo Summer 2024.
- 24 Sep 2023First competition: Irvine Fall 2023. A 13.98 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Cube Against Cancer - Orange County 2025 · 30 Mar 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Nub Open Lake Forest 2024 · 15 Dec 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Aliso Niguel Summer 2024 · 8 Sep 2024 — 4 personal bests set
- Nub Open Mission Viejo Summer 2024 · 14 Jul 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Fullerton Winter 2024 · 24 Feb 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Nub Open Mission Viejo 2023 · 3 Dec 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Jurupa Valley Cubing Fall 2023 · 15 Oct 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Irvine Fall 2023 · 24 Sep 2023
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.
- Alex Lehman — met in 39 rounds, finished ahead 18 times
- Ethan Yeh — met in 39 rounds, finished ahead 6 times
- Shane Grogan — met in 38 rounds, finished ahead 6 times
Next targets
- A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,419 people have one; it is 1.66 away.
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 9,039 people have one; it is 0.06 away.
Targets move as he improves.