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Timofei Tarasenko

5×5 · top 0.0049% of 40,792 all-time · competing since April 2019 · 2019TARA09

Timofei Tarasenko has been competing for 7 years. His best event is the 5×5: a personal-best single of 30.79, set at Bravo BKK Cube Open 2026, puts him in the top 0.0049% of the 40,792 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1st in Russia. Until November 2024, no official 5×5 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 32 competitions since April 2019, he has put 2,852 official solves on the record across 14 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one; 60% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 26.72 in April 2019 to 3.58, an 87% improvement. Timofei has entered 32 competitions, more competitions than 98% of everyone who has ever competed.

5×5
best event — top 0.0049% of 40,792 all-time
30.79
signature single · Bravo BKK Cube Open 2026
2,852
official solves on the record
13%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 60% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingRussia
5×530.7934.55
top 0.0049%1 / 941
Megaminx21.8523.40
top 0.0057%1 / 998
3×33.585.20
top 0.0063%1 / 6,475
4×416.9519.61
top 0.0071%1 / 2,080
6×659.511:03.63
top 0.011%1 / 343
3×3 one-handed6.5910.83
top 0.034%2 / 1,770
7×71:34.421:38.08
top 0.035%1 / 270
2×20.611.22
top 0.047%2 / 4,782
Pyraminx1.372.48
top 0.29%3 / 3,777
Skewb1.853.95
top 1.0%9 / 2,264
Clock3.334.49
top 1.2%3 / 714
Square-111.0712.59
top 8.1%28 / 759
3×3 Fewest Moves32 moves—
top 20.4%52 / 366
3×3 blindfolded1:51.19—
early days — 2 solves64 / 310

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

CCC Open Moscow 2019: 26.72YJ Fest Moscow 2019: 20.40MPEI Open 2019: 14.06Rubik's WCA Asian Championship 2022: 6.72KSF Open 2023: 5.34Cubing Kazakhstan Nationals 2023: 5.39Caucasus Open 2023: 5.10Warm Up Portugalete 2024: 5.27Rubik's WCA European Championship 2024: 4.82Rubik's WCA Asian Championship 2024: 4.83Uzbekistan Nationals 2024: 5.06Central Asian Tour Astana 2025: 4.65Central Asian Tour Bishkek 2025: 5.21gateway KLIA2 Cube Open 2025: 4.92One Shamelin Cube Open 2025: 4.46Warm Up Seattle 2025: 3.72Rubik's WCA World Championship 2025: 4.24Uzbekistan Nationals 2025: 4.93Astana Open 2025: 4.61Tashkent Open 2025: 4.33Guangdong Open - Revival & Rival 2026: 4.21Paradise Park Bangkok NxNxN 2026: 4.52MYHM HaNxNoi 2026: 4.88Start of Summer Beijing 2026: 4.18Chengdu Welcoming Summer 2026: 3.58Bravo BKK Cube Open 2026: 4.84Uzbekistan Nationals 2026: 4.96Selangor Cube Open 2026: 4.48Vietnam Championship 2026: 4.68Kuala Lumpur Cubing Challenge 2026: 4.24Paradise Place Thailand Cube Open 2026: 4.633.5826.7213 Apr 201928 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-30 5×5 single — 1 people have one; it is 0.79 away.
  • A sub-3 3×3 single — 3 people have one; it is 0.58 away.

Targets move as he improves.