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Vladimir Kolbenev

Pyraminx · top 15.4% of 129,321 all-time · competing since February 2022 · 2022KOLB02

Vladimir Kolbenev has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 5.34, set at Hungarian Open 2023, puts him in the top 15.4% of the 129,321 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 496th in Russia. Across 32 competitions since February 2022, he has put 794 official solves on the record across twelve events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 17% around a typical one; 95% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His Pyraminx best has come down from 13.43 in February 2022 to 5.34, a 60% improvement. Vladimir has entered 32 competitions, more competitions than 98% of everyone who has ever competed.

Pyraminx
best event — top 15.4% of 129,321 all-time
5.34
signature single · Hungarian Open 2023
794
official solves on the record
17%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 95% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingRussia
Pyraminx5.348.93
top 15.4%496 / 3,777
Clock10.2412.38
top 26.3%124 / 714
Skewb7.7510.62
top 39.4%679 / 2,264
2×25.208.12
top 41.8%1,717 / 4,782
3×325.6329.55
top 54.0%3,159 / 6,475
4×41:25.611:46.10
top 60.3%1,081 / 2,080
3×3 Multi-Blind2 of 2 cubes · 19:36—
early days — 1 solve74 / 98
3×3 one-handed49.851:04.82
top 76.6%1,338 / 1,770
5×53:06.68—
top 80.1%717 / 941
3×3 blindfolded5:36.18—
top 84.0%240 / 310
Square-11:07.97—
top 88.1%641 / 759
6×67:06.67—
early days — 2 solves328 / 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

Cube4fun League Koło 2022: 13.43Swisscubing Cup Finale 2022: 12.55See You Next Year İstanbul 2023: 10.65Ponikva Open 2023: 10.11Rahn Education Leipzig 2023: 11.01Banská Bystrica Open 2023: 11.88Wiener Frühling 2023: 7.84Nhood Xperience Sant Boi 2023: 8.32Dolné Orešany Open 2023: 9.56Cubing Returns Munich B 2023: 9.02Slovenian Nationals 2023: 8.36NÖ Cube Day 2023: 8.73Hungarian Open 2023: 5.34Medvode Open 2023: 6.80DSF Generalforsamlingen 2024: 6.99Graz Open 2024: 7.75Maribor Open 2024: 11.16Medvode Open 2024: 10.65Slovenska Bistrica Open 2025: 8.25Franconia XX 2025: 10.45Budapest Spring 2025: 8.97Slovak Championship 2025: 9.64Slovenian Nationals 2025: 6.43Back to School in Ivanka 2025: 10.29Ladce Open 2025: 10.35Maribor Open 2026: 8.87Langenstein City Blind Open 2026: 10.595.3413.4326 Feb 202218 Apr 2026

Best single per competition, Pyraminx. 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-5 Pyraminx single — 17,019 people have one; it is 0.34 away.
  • A sub-10 Clock single — 8,040 people have one; it is 0.24 away.

Targets move as he improves.