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Vladimir Kuznetsov

Skewb · top 2.6% of 73,281 all-time · competing since October 2014 · 2014KUZN02

Vladimir Kuznetsov has been competing for 12 years. His best event is the Skewb: a personal-best single of 2.41, set at Tivat Open 2025, puts him in the top 2.6% of the 73,281 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 28th in Russia. Until February 2014, no official Skewb solve in the world had been that fast. Across 29 competitions since October 2014, he has put 811 official solves on the record across 14 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, steadier than 54% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 23.84 in October 2014 to 12.65, a 47% improvement. Vladimir has entered 29 competitions, more competitions than 98% of everyone who has ever competed.

Skewb
best event — top 2.6% of 73,281 all-time
2.41
signature single · Tivat Open 2025
811
official solves on the record
13%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 54% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingRussia
Skewb2.415.89
top 2.6%28 / 2,264
2×21.774.50
top 3.4%111 / 4,782
Pyraminx3.578.46
top 5.8%149 / 3,777
3×312.6514.75
top 16.2%744 / 6,475
4×448.8454.47
top 23.2%340 / 2,080
3×3 one-handed24.1333.30
top 31.8%507 / 1,770
5×51:46.852:07.39
top 40.4%321 / 941
Megaminx1:56.582:29.21
top 43.9%304 / 998
Square-128.4738.63
top 46.6%269 / 759
Clock17.1319.77
top 55.9%312 / 714
3×3 Fewest Moves46 moves—
early days — 3 solves241 / 366
6×64:17.28—
early days — 3 solves219 / 343
7×77:03.75—
early days — 1 solve207 / 270
3×3 blindfolded7:46.08—
early days — 2 solves283 / 310

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

CCC Autumn Open 2014: 23.84MPEI Open 2014: 26.30Moscow Spring Open 2015: 19.55CCC End of Summer 2015: 16.22Moscow Christmas Open 2016: 18.24Sharon Summer 2016: 19.57Cuberussia in MSK 2017: 16.66Svetlye Gory Open 2017: 16.50HSE Open 2018: 19.34SPB Island 2018: 15.30SPB Summer 2018: 22.11MPEI Open 2018: 16.26CCC Open Moscow 2019: 14.17YJ Fest Moscow 2019: 14.44MPEI Open 2019: 14.00Novi Sad Winter 2022: 14.66Serbian Championship 2023: 17.36Belgrade Summer 2023: 13.76Belgrade Winter 2024: 13.91Montenegro Open 2024: 13.26Tivat Open 2024: 14.27Battle for Belgrade 2025: 12.94Tivat Open 2025: 14.31Tivat Summer 2025: 12.65Battle for Belgrade 2026: 13.2512.6526.304 Oct 201424 Jan 2026

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-2 Skewb single — 1,013 people have one; it is 0.41 away.
  • A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.77 away.

Targets move as he improves.