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Vladyslav Zhydkov (Владислав Жидков)

2×2 · top 0.77% of 186,767 all-time · competing since May 2015 · 2015ZHYD01

Vladyslav Zhydkov (Владислав Жидков) has been competing for 11 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.10, set at Dnepr Puzzles Fest 2019, puts him in the top 0.77% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 15th in Ukraine. Until November 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 42 competitions since May 2015, he has put 3,300 official solves on the record across 14 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, steadier than 57% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 16.61 in May 2015 to 6.88, a 59% improvement. Vladyslav has entered 42 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 0.77% of 186,767 all-time
1.10
signature single · Dnepr Puzzles Fest 2019
3,300
official solves on the record
13%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 57% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUkraine
2×21.101.77
top 0.77%15 / 1,894
4×425.3531.44
top 0.79%8 / 867
3×36.888.20
top 1.2%39 / 2,868
Pyraminx2.063.82
top 1.3%21 / 1,471
Skewb2.083.78
top 1.6%10 / 884
Megaminx43.4552.27
top 2.6%13 / 424
Square-17.7413.59
top 2.7%10 / 302
3×3 one-handed12.1714.66
top 3.2%28 / 755
5×555.611:00.69
top 3.6%18 / 425
7×72:34.052:47.42
top 4.4%7 / 135
6×61:41.981:50.82
top 4.5%6 / 169
Clock5.737.46
top 6.4%22 / 347
3×3 Fewest Moves29 moves32.33
top 12.2%31 / 222
3×3 blindfolded1:55.812:33.80
top 32.1%52 / 177

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

Ukrainian Open 2015: 16.61Slavonic Gymnasium Open 2016: 9.86Ukrainian Nationals 2016: 10.45Just Lviv It 2017: 11.06Smart Cube Open 2017: 9.54Odessa Open 2017: 9.56Ukrainian Nationals 2017: 8.60Kharkiv Cube Day 2017: 8.23Dnepr Skips 2017: 7.93Lviv Cube Cup 2017: 9.95Cube Star 2018: 9.24Lviv Spring Days 2018: 7.99Dnipro Cube Generation 2018: 8.07Ukrainian Open 2018: 8.35Uzhgorod Summer 2018: 8.04Zhytomyr Open 2018: 7.56Ukrainian Nationals 2018: 7.15Smart Cube Fest 2018: 8.45Lviv Spring Days 2019: 7.20Ukrainian Open 2019: 7.86Ukrainian Nationals 2019: 8.41Dnepr Puzzles Fest 2019: 8.45Smartcube Fest Kyiv 2019: 7.59Cubes Masters Zhytomyr 2019: 7.63Kharkiv Cubefall 2021: 7.38U24 Open September 2022: 6.88U24 Open October 2022: 7.88U24 Open November 2022: 7.28U24 Nationals 2022: 7.72U24 Tetiana Day 2023: 7.95Nikita Kovalchuk Memorial 2023: 8.27Ukrainian Open 2023: 8.11Kyiv NxN Summer 2024: 8.26Ukrainian Open 2025: 7.87Kyiv Side Events Autumn 2025: 8.09Kyiv NxN Spring 2026: 8.10Victoria Gardens Kyiv 2026: 7.956.8816.6129 May 201527 Jun 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 0.10 away.
  • A sub-25 4×4 single — 588 people have one; it is 0.35 away.

Targets move as he improves.