People · Ukraine
Valerii Pochtar (Валерій Почтар)
3×3 · top 0.84% of 284,439 all-time · competing since January 2013 · 2013POCH01
Valerii Pochtar (Валерій Почтар) has been competing for 14 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 6.48, set at Slavonic Gymnasium Open 2016, puts him in the top 0.84% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 27th in Ukraine. Until May 2011, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 7 competitions since January 2013, he has put 286 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, steadier than 88% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 11.58 in January 2013 to 6.48, a 44% improvement. Valerii has entered seven competitions, more competitions than 88% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Ukraine | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 6.48 | 8.11 | top 0.84% | 27 / 2,868 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 11.74 | 15.83 | top 2.7% | 21 / 755 | |
| 4×4 | 33.19 | 39.93 | top 5.1% | 49 / 867 | |
| 2×2 | 2.36 | 3.51 | top 7.6% | 141 / 1,894 | |
| 5×5 | 1:33.73 | 1:38.87 | top 30.5% | 153 / 425 | |
| 3×3 blindfolded | 3:18.65 | — | top 57.6% | 95 / 177 |
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
- 13 May 2017Five personal bests in one day at Smart Cube Open 2017.
- 21 May 2016Six personal bests in one day at Slavonic Gymnasium Open 2016.
- 29 May 2015First sub-10 3×3: 6.63 at Ukrainian Open 2015.
- 29 May 2015Six personal bests in one day at Ukrainian Open 2015.
- 27 Jan 2013First competition: 100th Anniversary Meeting in Kyiv 2013. A 12.77 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Ukrainian Open 2018 · 1 Jun 2018 — 2 personal bests set
- Ukrainian Nationals 2017 · 25 Aug 2017 — 1 personal best set
- Smart Cube Open 2017 · 13 May 2017 — 5 personal bests set
- Slavonic Gymnasium Open 2016 · 21 May 2016 — 6 personal bests set
- Ukrainian Open 2015 · 29 May 2015 — 6 personal bests set
- Ukrainian Open 2013 · 18 May 2013
- 100th Anniversary Meeting in Kyiv 2013 · 27 Jan 2013 — 1 personal best set
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.
- Vladyslav Zhydkov (Владислав Жидков) — met in 47 rounds, finished ahead 30 times
- Volodymyr Korol (Володимир Король) — met in 45 rounds, finished ahead 34 times
- Andrii Doroshenko (Андрій Дорошенко) — met in 40 rounds, finished ahead 33 times
Next targets
- A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 0.48 away.
- A sub-10 3×3 one-handed single — 779 people have one; it is 1.74 away.
Targets move as he improves.