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Vladislavs Baranovs

2×2 · top 1.3% of 186,767 all-time · competing since September 2012 · 2012BARA03

Vladislavs Baranovs has been competing for 14 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.29, set at Latvian Open 2014, puts him in the top 1.3% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 5th in Latvia. Until November 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 70 competitions since September 2012, he has put 3,938 official solves on the record across 13 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, steadier than 61% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 15.65 in September 2012 to 7.92, a 49% improvement. Vladislavs has entered 70 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 1.3% of 186,767 all-time
1.29
signature single · Latvian Open 2014
3,938
official solves on the record
13%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 61% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingLatvia
2×21.293.56
top 1.3%5 / 237
3×3 one-handed10.6215.98
top 1.5%1 / 113
4×428.3135.10
top 1.9%2 / 112
3×37.929.46
top 2.6%10 / 309
5×559.251:07.05
top 5.1%4 / 74
6×61:46.642:04.12
top 6.0%2 / 39
Pyraminx3.686.87
top 6.2%22 / 185
7×73:01.223:09.44
top 10.9%3 / 31
Skewb5.158.60
top 19.3%30 / 117
3×3 Fewest Moves32 moves38.33
top 20.4%12 / 42
Megaminx1:21.701:33.02
top 22.9%15 / 73
Clock14.8322.00
top 47.2%32 / 60
Square-146.2753.26
top 72.4%34 / 48

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

Latvian Open 2012: 15.65Tartu Open 2012: 12.11Lithuanian Open 2013: 11.40Valga-Valka Open 2013: 12.33Estonian Open 2013: 10.40Latvian Open 2013: 11.26MPEI Open 2014: 11.55Latvian Open 2014: 9.32Riga Open 2015: 10.63Estonian Open 2015: 10.18Latvian Open 2015: 9.04Riga Open 2016: 9.39Vilnius Open 2016: 9.56Latvian Open 2016: 10.72Sigulda Open 2017: 9.32Šiauliai-Tilžė Open 2017: 9.48Riga Open 2017: 9.73Šiauliai Autumn Open 2017: 10.05Latvian Open 2017: 10.08Kaunas Open 2018: 9.44Riga Special 2018: 8.82Vilnius Open 2018: 8.66Riga Open 2018: 9.71Sigulda Open 2018: 9.88Latvian Open 2018: 9.19Telšiai Open 2019: 9.23Sigulda Open 2019: 9.21Latvian Open 2019: 9.14Twist 'n Turn Tallinn 2022: 9.17Jāņi Kārķos 2022: 9.04Prienai Open 2022: 8.79Valmiera Open 2022: 9.21Latvian Championship 2022: 9.03Vilnius Winter Open 2023: 9.31Carnikavas Pavasaris 2023: 9.73Rodenpois Open 2023: 9.11Sigulda Open 2023: 9.78Vilnius Winter 2024: 8.88Šiauliai Open 2024: 8.75Ropaži Mini-Open 2024: 9.23Jāņi Kārķos 2024: 8.32Tallinn Open 2024: 9.27Dobeles Vasara 2024: 8.82Warm Up Portugalete 2024: 7.92Rubik's WCA European Championship 2024: 8.37Kārķi Open 2024: 8.72Rīga Open 2024: 8.65Vilnius Winter Open 2025: 8.68NxN Rīgā 2025: 8.11Kaunas Open 2025: 7.92Kārķi Open 2025: 9.52Vilniaus Ruduo 2025: 9.17Latvijas Čempionāts 2025: 9.88Zarasai 2026: 7.95Rīga Open 2026: 8.31Dobeles Pavasaris 2026: 9.123x3x3 un Nekas Cits Rīgā 2026: 9.52NxNxN Rīgā 2026: 8.49Rubik's WCA European Championship 2026: 8.60Kārķi Open 2026: 8.287.9215.6522 Sep 201226 Aug 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-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.29 away.
  • A sub-10 3×3 one-handed single — 779 people have one; it is 0.62 away.

Targets move as he improves.