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Tolik Borisov

3×3 · top 6.5% of 284,439 all-time · competing since September 2011 · 2011BORI01

Tolik Borisov has been competing for 15 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 9.64, set at Carnegie Mellon Winter 2014, puts him in the top 6.5% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 3,571st in the United States. Until November 2007, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 17 competitions since September 2011, he has put 759 official solves on the record across twelve events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, steadier than 56% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 18.03 in September 2011 to 9.64, a 47% improvement. Tolik has entered 17 competitions, more competitions than 96% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 6.5% of 284,439 all-time
9.64
signature single · Carnegie Mellon Winter 2014
759
official solves on the record
13%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 56% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×39.6411.53
top 6.5%3,571 / 59,724
2×22.283.84
top 6.9%2,720 / 40,951
4×439.9641.93
top 12.1%1,793 / 19,072
3×3 one-handed19.6822.43
top 19.6%2,524 / 15,683
5×51:23.191:25.76
top 21.7%1,683 / 9,401
Pyraminx6.448.43
top 23.3%6,317 / 28,708
3×3 Fewest Moves38 moves—
early days — 1 solve879 / 2,040
3×3 blindfolded2:36.94—
top 45.4%981 / 2,092
Square-130.0343.58
top 49.4%3,234 / 6,743
Skewb9.3918.21
top 51.1%9,158 / 18,907
Megaminx2:29.753:01.45
top 61.0%4,601 / 7,841
6×63:51.824:04.57
top 62.8%2,430 / 4,196

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

Appalachia 2011: 18.03Carnegie Mellon Spring 2012: 14.65River Hill Summer 2012: 12.55Battle of Appalachia 2012: 12.44Carnegie Mellon Fall 2012: 12.22Carnegie Mellon Spring 2013: 14.75New Albany 2013: 12.00Indiana 2013: 12.59Starlight Open 2013: 15.89Cornell Open Spring 2014: 11.98New Albany Open 2014: 10.84US Nationals 2014: 12.28Starlight Open 2014: 12.35Carnegie Mellon Fall 2014: 11.80Carnegie Mellon Winter 2014: 9.64Indiana 2016: 9.71Mason Cubing Challenge 2016: 10.729.6418.0317 Sep 201110 Sep 2016

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-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.64 away.
  • A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.28 away.

Targets move as he improves.