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Yakov Korotkov

3×3 one-handed · top 13.1% of 73,695 all-time · competing since August 2017 · 2017KORO05

Yakov Korotkov has been competing for 9 years. His best event is the 3×3 one-handed: a personal-best single of 17.21, set at Chak-chak cubing in Kazan 2017, puts him in the top 13.1% of the 73,695 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 196th in Russia. Across 2 competitions since August 2017, he has put 112 official solves on the record across eight events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 18% around a typical one, an early reading from 5 counted rounds. His 3×3 one-handed best has come down from 21.72 in August 2017 to 17.21, a 21% improvement. Yakov has entered two competitions.

3×3 one-handed
best event — top 13.1% of 73,695 all-time
17.21
signature single · Chak-chak cubing in Kazan 2017
112
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingRussia
3×3 one-handed17.2123.36
top 13.1%196 / 1,770
3×314.8717.68
top 24.0%1,204 / 6,475
2×24.485.79
top 32.7%1,308 / 4,782
Skewb7.0312.31
top 33.9%557 / 2,264
Pyraminx8.7111.13
top 42.3%1,551 / 3,777
4×41:21.681:43.04
top 57.3%1,024 / 2,080
3×3 Fewest Moves51 moves
early days — 2 solves292 / 366
Megaminx4:01.10
top 90.2%827 / 998

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

Udmurtia Open 2017: 21.72Chak-chak cubing in Kazan 2017: 17.2117.2121.7212 Aug 201711 Nov 2017

Best single per competition, 3×3 one-handed. 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-15 3×3 one-handed single — 5,987 people have one; it is 2.21 away.
  • A sub-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 2.87 away.

Targets move as he improves.