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Vadim Tatarnikov

3×3 · top 7.0% of 284,439 all-time · competing since October 2017 · 2017TATA02

Vadim Tatarnikov has been competing for 9 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 9.84, set at Barnaul Open 2017, puts him in the top 7.0% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 257th in Russia. Until October 2007, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 3 competitions since October 2017, he has put 146 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one, an early reading from 9 counted rounds. Vadim has entered three competitions, more competitions than 69% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 7.0% of 284,439 all-time
9.84
signature single · Barnaul Open 2017
146
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingRussia
3×39.8411.26
top 7.0%257 / 6,475
Pyraminx4.506.02
top 10.2%282 / 3,777
3×3 one-handed17.7120.90
top 14.3%209 / 1,770
2×23.144.13
top 15.9%586 / 4,782
4×454.661:12.30
top 30.3%487 / 2,080
Skewb7.528.49
top 37.6%633 / 2,264

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

Barnaul Open 2017: 9.84YJ Fest Siberia 2019: 9.86CCC Qualification Barnaul 2019: 9.929.849.9214 Oct 201722 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-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.84 away.
  • A sub-4 Pyraminx single — 9,892 people have one; it is 0.50 away.

Targets move as he improves.