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Volodymyr Korol (Володимир Король)

3×3 · top 2.5% of 284,439 all-time · competing since May 2015 · 2015KORO02

Volodymyr Korol (Володимир Король) has been competing for 11 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 7.81, set at Frankivsk Open 2019, puts him in the top 2.5% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 81st in Ukraine. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 41 competitions since May 2015, he has put 2,771 official solves on the record across 16 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 10% around a typical one, steadier than 96% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 11.40 in May 2015 to 7.81, a 31% improvement. Volodymyr has entered 41 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 2.5% of 284,439 all-time
7.81
signature single · Frankivsk Open 2019
2,771
official solves on the record
10%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 96% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUkraine
3×37.819.54
top 2.5%81 / 2,868
3×3 one-handed11.8217.17
top 2.8%23 / 755
4×432.2335.49
top 4.4%42 / 867
3×3 blindfolded37.3256.92
top 6.1%10 / 177
Skewb3.285.75
top 6.5%51 / 884
5×51:02.091:09.46
top 6.7%33 / 425
Pyraminx4.115.57
top 8.2%152 / 1,471
2×22.443.45
top 8.3%149 / 1,894
Megaminx1:05.541:15.71
top 13.1%52 / 424
Clock8.2410.46
top 16.4%60 / 347
Square-117.3722.16
top 21.8%65 / 302
7×73:36.973:50.48
top 22.2%29 / 135
6×62:28.172:32.74
top 24.6%42 / 169
3×3 Fewest Moves35 moves41.67
top 30.0%70 / 222
3×3 Multi-Blind6 of 6 cubes · 44:13—
top 31.3%22 / 67
4×4 blindfolded10:57.00—
early days — 1 solve22 / 27

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: 11.40Lviv Spring Days 2016: 11.23Slavonic Gymnasium Open 2016: 10.70Cowboys Summer 2016: 8.92Kharkiv Cube Day 2016: 9.73Ukrainian Nationals 2016: 11.00Smart Cube Open 2017: 10.08Odessa Open 2017: 9.64Ukrainian Nationals 2017: 9.74Kharkiv Cube Day 2017: 9.61Dnepr Skips 2017: 9.64Lviv Cube Cup 2017: 9.00Kharkiv Winter 2017: 9.27Cube Star 2018: 9.93Lviv Spring Days 2018: 8.77Dnipro Cube Generation 2018: 8.83Ukrainian Open 2018: 8.05Uzhgorod Summer 2018: 8.53Mariupol Open 2018: 9.64Kharkiv Open 2018: 9.48Zhytomyr Open 2018: 9.97Ukrainian Nationals 2018: 9.64Smart Cube Fest 2018: 9.06Vinnytsia Open 2019: 8.45Lviv Spring Days 2019: 9.13Zhytomyr Cube Battle 2019: 9.16Ukrainian Open 2019: 8.70Horse City 2019: 8.45Vinnytsia Cube Cup 2019: 9.36Kharkiv Open 2019: 8.24Ukrainian Nationals 2019: 8.27Smartcube Fest Kyiv 2019: 8.69Cubes Masters Zhytomyr 2019: 8.52Frankivsk Open 2019: 7.81Cubes Masters Zhytomyr 2021: 9.707.8111.4029 May 20157 Aug 2021

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 1.81 away.
  • A sub-10 3×3 one-handed single — 779 people have one; it is 1.82 away.

Targets move as he improves.