People · Ukraine
Volodymyr Solonka (Володимир Солонка)
3×3 blindfolded · top 2.1% of 12,178 all-time · competing since August 2017 · 2017SOLO03
Volodymyr Solonka (Володимир Солонка) has been competing for 9 years. His best event is the 3×3 blindfolded: a personal-best single of 22.26, set at Kyiv Mental Breakdown I 2024, puts him in the top 2.1% of the 12,178 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 2nd in Ukraine. Until November 2014, no official 3×3 blindfolded solve in the world had been that fast. Across 13 competitions since August 2017, he has put 236 official solves on the record across eight events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 74% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 14.46 in August 2017 to 8.62, a 40% improvement. Volodymyr has entered 13 competitions, more competitions than 94% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Ukraine | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 blindfolded | 22.26 | — | top 2.1% | 2 / 177 | |
| 3×3 | 8.62 | 11.04 | top 4.0% | 113 / 2,868 | |
| 3×3 Fewest Moves | 26 moves | — | top 6.2% | 19 / 222 | |
| 3×3 Multi-Blind | 13 of 13 cubes · 51:08 | — | top 10.5% | 5 / 67 | |
| 2×2 | 3.08 | 5.19 | top 15.2% | 273 / 1,894 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 18.23 | 20.97 | top 15.7% | 138 / 755 | |
| Skewb | 5.23 | 8.02 | top 20.0% | 175 / 884 | |
| 4×4 | 54.42 | 59.23 | top 30.0% | 260 / 867 |
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
Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 5 Aug 2023First sub-10 3×3: 8.62 at That is Lviv 2023.
- 5 Aug 2023Four personal bests in one day at That is Lviv 2023.
- 25 Nov 2017Five personal bests in one day at Lviv Cube Cup 2017.
- 25 Aug 2017First competition: Ukrainian Nationals 2017. A 15.58 3×3 single to start from.
- 25 Aug 2017First sub-15 3×3: 14.46 at Ukrainian Nationals 2017.
Competitions
- Kyiv Big & Blind Winter 2025 · 22 Feb 2025
- FMC Warm Up Ukraine 2024 · 11 May 2024
- Kyiv Mental Breakdown April 2024 · 13 Apr 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Kyiv Mental Breakdown I 2024 · 17 Feb 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Ukrainian Nationals 2023 · 27 Oct 2023 — 1 personal best set
- That is Lviv 2023 · 5 Aug 2023 — 4 personal bests set
- Kiev Super Blind 2020 · 15 Feb 2020 — 2 personal bests set
- Feet Challenge Ukraine 2019 · 22 Dec 2019
- Ukrainian Nationals 2019 · 23 Aug 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- Lviv Spring Days 2019 · 16 Mar 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Lviv Spring Days 2018 · 24 Mar 2018 — 2 personal bests set
- Lviv Cube Cup 2017 · 25 Nov 2017 — 5 personal bests set
- Ukrainian Nationals 2017 · 25 Aug 2017 — 2 personal bests set
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.
- Lev Golub (Лев Голуб) — met in 60 rounds, finished ahead 10 times
- Volodymyr Korol (Володимир Король) — met in 48 rounds, finished ahead 5 times
- Andrii Lushpak (Андрій Лушпак) — met in 44 rounds, finished ahead 23 times
Next targets
- A sub-20 3×3 blindfolded single — 166 people have one; it is 2.26 away.
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.62 away.
Targets move as he improves.