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Vladimir Korovin

3×3 · top 1.2% of 284,439 all-time · competing since March 2014 · 2014KORO02

Vladimir Korovin has been competing for 12 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 6.85, set at Svetlye Gory Open 2018, puts him in the top 1.2% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 27th in Russia. Until November 2010, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 16 competitions since March 2014, he has put 1,221 official solves on the record across 16 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 71% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 19.90 in March 2014 to 6.85, a 66% improvement. Vladimir has entered 16 competitions, more competitions than 96% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 1.2% of 284,439 all-time
6.85
signature single · Svetlye Gory Open 2018
1,221
official solves on the record
12%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 71% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingRussia
3×36.859.37
top 1.2%27 / 6,475
Skewb2.233.47
top 2.0%18 / 2,264
2×21.612.18
top 2.6%89 / 4,782
Pyraminx2.673.82
top 2.6%59 / 3,777
Megaminx46.8451.06
top 3.8%20 / 998
3×3 one-handed12.7116.48
top 4.0%48 / 1,770
4×433.1841.07
top 5.1%50 / 2,080
Square-111.5818.95
top 9.0%36 / 759
3×3 blindfolded50.171:37.59
top 10.0%23 / 310
5×51:13.041:28.23
top 13.8%79 / 941
3×3 Fewest Moves31 moves34.00
top 17.4%45 / 366
Clock9.2111.41
top 21.1%100 / 714
6×62:41.023:06.10
top 31.3%71 / 343
7×74:10.764:33.42
top 34.6%71 / 270
3×3 Multi-Blind3 of 3 cubes · 16:52—
top 50.5%43 / 98
4×4 blindfolded12:39.00—
top 69.4%31 / 36

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

Tula Open 2014: 19.90Cubing Fest 2014: 13.41MPEI Open 2014: 15.66Dvina 3.0 2015: 11.28Skips in Brest 2015: 8.95CCC End of Summer 2015: 11.25Moscow South-West Open 2015: 10.37MPEI Open 2015: 10.75Moscow Christmas Open 2016: 9.03CCC Spring Open 2016: 8.99MPEI Open 2016: 9.11Svetlye Gory Open 2017: 8.33MPEI Open 2017: 8.90YJ Fest 2018: 7.71Svetlye Gory Open 2018: 6.85MPEI Open 2018: 8.146.8519.9028 Mar 201423 Nov 2018

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-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 0.85 away.
  • A sub-2 Skewb single — 1,013 people have one; it is 0.23 away.

Targets move as he improves.