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Yaroslav Usmanov (Ярослав Усманов)

Skewb · top 2.5% of 73,281 all-time · competing since June 2018 · 2018USMA01

Yaroslav Usmanov (Ярослав Усманов) has been competing for 8 years. His best event is the Skewb: a personal-best single of 2.40, set at Save Ramir Cubing Kazakhstan 2023, puts him in the top 2.5% of the 73,281 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 10th in Kazakhstan. Until February 2014, no official Skewb solve in the world had been that fast. Across 13 competitions since June 2018, he has put 729 official solves on the record across 14 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one; 52% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 18.58 in June 2018 to 8.46, a 54% improvement. Yaroslav has entered 13 competitions, more competitions than 94% of everyone who has ever competed.

Skewb
best event — top 2.5% of 73,281 all-time
2.40
signature single · Save Ramir Cubing Kazakhstan 2023
729
official solves on the record
13%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 52% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingKazakhstan
Skewb2.403.64
top 2.5%10 / 474
3×38.4611.19
top 3.7%48 / 1,315
3×3 one-handed13.7918.88
top 5.7%25 / 330
4×434.0640.19
top 5.9%32 / 415
2×22.282.84
top 6.9%62 / 976
5×51:03.331:08.94
top 7.4%16 / 216
Pyraminx3.984.98
top 7.5%59 / 803
Megaminx1:10.811:16.32
top 16.1%37 / 243
7×73:22.053:32.56
top 17.0%8 / 43
6×62:14.272:24.21
top 17.5%10 / 62
Clock8.569.69
top 17.8%30 / 135
Square-116.4920.90
top 19.8%21 / 140
3×3 Fewest Moves39 moves—
early days — 2 solves26 / 62
3×3 blindfolded4:23.056:21.32
top 73.1%29 / 35

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

Almaty Summer 2018: 18.58Almaty Altyn Cube 2018: 14.41Almaty Winter Cube 2019: 13.94KSF Almaty City 2019: 11.98SCS1 Almaty Open Air 2019: 12.12Almaty Snowflake Cube 2019: 11.60KSF Club Semey 2021: 9.90Cubing Khan Shatyr Open 2022: 8.46KSF Club Almaty 2022: 11.25Save Ramir Cubing Kazakhstan 2023: 9.41Leovit Anniversary Cubing Kazakhstan 2023: 10.08Almaty Spring 2024: 9.49Cubing Kazakhstan Nationals 2024: 10.748.4618.582 Jun 201825 Oct 2024

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-2 Skewb single — 1,013 people have one; it is 0.40 away.
  • A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.46 away.

Targets move as he improves.