People · Russia
Vitaliy Takanov
2×2 · top 2.1% of 189,179 all-time · competing since May 2017 · 2017TAKA09
Vitaliy Takanov has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.49, set at EkatCube Spring 2019, puts him in the top 2.1% of the 189,179 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 78th in Russia. Until November 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 12 competitions since May 2017, he has put 495 official solves on the record across eleven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one; 60% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 33.94 in May 2017 to 11.97, a 65% improvement. Vitaliy has entered twelve competitions, more competitions than 94% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Russia | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 1.49 | 5.42 | top 2.1% | 78 / 4,788 | |
| Square-1 | 9.55 | 13.47 | top 5.4% | 18 / 760 | |
| Pyraminx | 5.06 | 6.92 | top 13.5% | 407 / 3,784 | |
| 3×3 | 11.97 | 14.74 | top 13.9% | 617 / 6,485 | |
| Skewb | 5.18 | 9.06 | top 19.6% | 301 / 2,264 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 28.22 | 35.99 | top 42.6% | 695 / 1,772 | |
| 4×4 | 1:07.56 | 1:16.04 | top 44.5% | 763 / 2,085 | |
| 5×5 | 1:55.92 | 2:17.02 | top 46.8% | 379 / 942 | |
| Megaminx | 2:12.46 | 2:19.33 | top 52.6% | 370 / 999 | |
| Clock | 18.80 | 23.21 | top 61.2% | 361 / 715 | |
| 6×6 | 4:16.07 | 4:18.15 | top 70.7% | 218 / 343 |
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
- 18 May 2019Four personal bests in one day at Ural Spring 2019.
- 2 Mar 2019Four personal bests in one day at EkatCube Spring 2019.
- 27 Oct 2018Five personal bests in one day at Ural Autumn 2018.
- 17 Feb 2018First sub-15 3×3: 14.50 at Ural Winter 2018.
- 17 Feb 2018Five personal bests in one day at Ural Winter 2018.
- 18 Nov 2017Five personal bests in one day at Ural Autumn 2017.
Competitions
- Ural Autumn 2020 · 4 Oct 2020
- Ural Winter 2020 · 22 Feb 2020 — 2 personal bests set
- Ural Light 2019 · 8 Dec 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- Ural Autumn 2019 · 28 Sep 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Eka Cube Days 2019 · 24 Aug 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Ural Spring 2019 · 18 May 2019 — 4 personal bests set
- EkatCube Spring 2019 · 2 Mar 2019 — 4 personal bests set
- Ural Autumn 2018 · 27 Oct 2018 — 5 personal bests set
- Ural Winter 2018 · 17 Feb 2018 — 5 personal bests set
- Ural Autumn 2017 · 18 Nov 2017 — 5 personal bests set
- Ural Open 2017 · 25 Aug 2017 — 5 personal bests set
- Ural Spring 2017 · 6 May 2017
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.
- Vasily Stasyev — met in 106 rounds, finished ahead 53 times
- Andrey Kolevatykh (Андрей Колеватых) — met in 96 rounds, finished ahead 31 times
- Nikita Bespalov — met in 88 rounds, finished ahead 16 times
Next targets
- A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,050 people have one; it is 0.49 away.
- A sub-8 Square-1 single — 781 people have one; it is 1.55 away.
Targets move as he improves.