People · Russia
Valeriy Kurbatov
Pyraminx · top 0.92% of 129,321 all-time · competing since November 2016 · 2016KURB02
Valeriy Kurbatov has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 1.86, set at Central Asian Tour Astana 2025, puts him in the top 0.92% of the 129,321 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 14th in Russia. Until April 2012, no official Pyraminx solve in the world had been that fast. Across 17 competitions since November 2016, he has put 719 official solves on the record across nine events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 72% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 11.68 in November 2016 to 8.55, a 27% improvement. Valeriy has entered 17 competitions, more competitions than 96% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Russia | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pyraminx | 1.86 | 2.82 | top 0.92% | 14 / 3,777 | |
| 2×2 | 1.39 | 3.03 | top 1.7% | 64 / 4,782 | |
| 3×3 | 8.55 | 9.94 | top 3.8% | 122 / 6,475 | |
| Megaminx | 53.49 | 58.67 | top 6.7% | 37 / 998 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 16.59 | 18.97 | top 11.6% | 167 / 1,770 | |
| 4×4 | 41.20 | 51.20 | top 13.5% | 191 / 2,080 | |
| 3×3 Fewest Moves | 33 moves | 35.33 | top 23.4% | 64 / 366 | |
| Skewb | 6.45 | 8.83 | top 29.3% | 467 / 2,264 | |
| 5×5 | 1:35.80 | 1:40.60 | top 32.1% | 242 / 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
Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 8 Feb 2025Nine personal bests in one day at Central Asian Tour Astana 2025.
- 29 Jun 2018Three personal bests in one day at Svetlye Gory Open 2018.
- 24 Nov 2017First sub-10 3×3: 9.86 at MPEI Open 2017.
- 24 Nov 2017Seven personal bests in one day at MPEI Open 2017.
- 2 Sep 2017Four personal bests in one day at Svetlye Gory Open 2017.
- 18 Mar 2017Five personal bests in one day at Cuberussia in MSK 2017.
Competitions
- Central Asian Tour Astana 2025 · 8 Feb 2025 — 9 personal bests set
- Bogoroditsk Open 2021 · 29 May 2021 — 1 personal best set
- Volga Nizhny Novgorod 2020 · 29 Feb 2020 — 1 personal best set
- MPEI Open 2019 · 22 Nov 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- Ramenskoe Open 2019 · 14 Sep 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- YJ Fest Moscow 2019 · 28 Jun 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- CCC Open Moscow 2019 · 13 Apr 2019
- Nizhny Novgorod Spring Open 2019 · 6 Apr 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- Sura Spring 2019 · 24 Mar 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- MPEI Open 2018 · 23 Nov 2018 — 2 personal bests set
- Svetlye Gory Open 2018 · 29 Jun 2018 — 3 personal bests set
- HSE Open 2018 · 9 Feb 2018 — 2 personal bests set
- Moscow Winter Cubing 2018 · 4 Jan 2018
- MPEI Open 2017 · 24 Nov 2017 — 7 personal bests set
- Svetlye Gory Open 2017 · 2 Sep 2017 — 4 personal bests set
- Cuberussia in MSK 2017 · 18 Mar 2017 — 5 personal bests set
- MPEI Open 2016 · 25 Nov 2016 — 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.
- Vladislav Kozhin — met in 117 rounds, finished ahead 34 times
- Dmitry Kryuzban — met in 103 rounds, finished ahead 28 times
- Maxim Ilin — met in 101 rounds, finished ahead 32 times
Next targets
- A sub-1 Pyraminx single — 49 people have one; it is 0.86 away.
- A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.39 away.
Targets move as he improves.