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Valentin Pavlov (Валентин Павлов)

2×2 · top 8.0% of 186,767 all-time · competing since April 2019 · 2019PAVL04

Valentin Pavlov (Валентин Павлов) has been competing for 7 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.41, set at Yakutsk Cubing 2019, puts him in the top 8.0% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 256th in Russia. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 2 competitions since April 2019, he has put 79 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 10% around a typical one, an early reading from 6 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 13.13 in April 2019 to 11.56, a 12% improvement. Valentin has entered two competitions.

2×2
best event — top 8.0% of 186,767 all-time
2.41
signature single · Yakutsk Cubing 2019
79
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingRussia
2×22.415.52
top 8.0%256 / 4,782
3×311.5613.37
top 12.4%536 / 6,475
3×3 one-handed19.8823.77
top 20.2%312 / 1,770
4×41:10.271:18.81
top 47.1%820 / 2,080
3×3 blindfolded3:54.174:25.94
early days — 3 solves174 / 310
Pyraminx12.0815.61
top 67.7%2,561 / 3,777
5×53:26.41
early days — 1 solve773 / 941

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

Yakutsk Cubing 2019: 13.13CCC Qualification Yakutsk 2019: 11.5611.5613.137 Apr 20192 Nov 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-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.41 away.
  • A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 1.56 away.

Targets move as he improves.