Sunday 6 September 2026 Rebuilt nightly from the WCA's official results · export of 6 September 2026 · About
The Middle Three
People → Russia → Yakov Ivanov

People · Russia

Yakov Ivanov

Skewb · top 5.7% of 73,281 all-time · competing since April 2017 · 2017IVAN03

Yakov Ivanov has been competing for 9 years. His best event is the Skewb: a personal-best single of 3.14, set at Speedcubes Fest in SPB 2018, puts him in the top 5.7% of the 73,281 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 73rd in Russia. Until February 2014, no official Skewb solve in the world had been that fast. Across 8 competitions since April 2017, he has put 382 official solves on the record across twelve events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, steadier than 52% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 35.06 in April 2017 to 9.67, a 72% improvement. Yakov has entered eight competitions, more competitions than 90% of everyone who has ever competed.

Skewb
best event — top 5.7% of 73,281 all-time
3.14
signature single · Speedcubes Fest in SPB 2018
382
official solves on the record
13%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 52% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingRussia
Skewb3.145.22
top 5.7%73 / 2,264
3×39.6711.95
top 6.6%233 / 6,475
2×22.754.61
top 11.5%387 / 4,782
Pyraminx4.866.09
top 12.3%360 / 3,777
4×443.8253.14
top 16.8%235 / 2,080
3×3 one-handed19.5722.37
top 19.4%297 / 1,770
Square-124.5428.80
top 38.2%215 / 759
Megaminx1:59.302:04.21
top 45.3%317 / 998
5×52:03.082:26.52
top 51.1%420 / 941
Clock17.0519.53
top 55.6%310 / 714
6×64:24.225:10.05
early days — 3 solves229 / 343
3×3 Fewest Moves68 moves
early days — 1 solve361 / 366

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

SPB Easter Open 2017: 35.06SPB Championship 2017: 13.61Muffin Winter 2017: 11.91CFCTC Open 2018: 12.84SPB Island 2018: 10.40Speedcubes Fest in SPB 2018: 11.48Welcome to Academy 2018: 12.32SPB Muffin Winter 2019: 9.679.6735.0615 Apr 201712 Jan 2019

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-3 Skewb single — 3,646 people have one; it is 0.14 away.
  • A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.67 away.

Targets move as he improves.