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Yaroslav Mikhaylov

3×3 · top 2.6% of 284,439 all-time · competing since November 2012 · 2012MIKH01

Yaroslav Mikhaylov has been competing for 14 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 7.90, set at Munich Open 2018, puts him in the top 2.6% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 80th in Russia. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 8 competitions since November 2012, he has put 406 official solves on the record across nine events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 75% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 15.00 in November 2012 to 7.90, a 47% improvement. Yaroslav has entered eight competitions, more competitions than 90% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 2.6% of 284,439 all-time
7.90
signature single · Munich Open 2018
406
official solves on the record
12%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 75% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingRussia
3×37.909.67
top 2.6%80 / 6,475
4×432.4636.37
top 4.5%43 / 2,080
2×22.052.53
top 5.1%156 / 4,782
3×3 one-handed13.6116.48
top 5.4%72 / 1,770
Pyraminx4.095.47
top 8.1%225 / 3,777
5×51:07.431:12.12
top 9.9%50 / 941
6×62:13.382:27.35
early days — 3 solves41 / 343
7×73:39.623:46.43
early days — 3 solves46 / 270
Skewb11.3112.73
top 62.5%1,188 / 2,264

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

MPEI Open 2012: 15.00Tula Open 2014: 12.96Tomsk Blind Weekend 2014: 11.19Mallorca Open Rubik 2014: 10.59Les Santes Open 2014: 10.40WCA European Championship 2018: 9.33Siberian Athens 2018: 9.32Munich Open 2018: 7.907.9015.0024 Nov 201227 Oct 2018

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 1.90 away.
  • A sub-30 4×4 single — 2,388 people have one; it is 2.46 away.

Targets move as he improves.