People · Canada
Yi-Van Studenov
3×3 · top 3.8% of 288,433 all-time · competing since January 2017 · 2017STUD01
Yi-Van Studenov has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.52, set at Warm Up Vancouver 2025, puts him in the top 3.8% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 374th in Canada. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 14 competitions since January 2017, he has put 291 official solves on the record across eight events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 69% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 22.80 in November 2017 to 8.52, a 63% improvement. He has entered 14 competitions, more competitions than 95% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 8.52 | 10.06 | top 3.8% | 374 / 10,502 | |
| 2×2 | 2.65 | 4.04 | top 10.5% | 693 / 7,245 | |
| 4×4 | 47.92 | 54.79 | top 22.1% | 574 / 3,180 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 23.19 | 27.80 | top 29.4% | 653 / 2,632 | |
| 5×5 | 1:38.19 | 1:47.41 | top 34.1% | 439 / 1,546 | |
| 6×6 | 3:37.91 | 3:47.76 | top 58.0% | 332 / 683 | |
| 7×7 | 5:44.69 | 5:48.34 | top 64.0% | 291 / 519 | |
| Pyraminx | 14.27 | 15.56 | top 79.0% | 4,009 / 4,913 |
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
- 2 Dec 2018First sub-10 3×3: 8.74 at Vancouver Select Winter 2018.
- 2 Dec 2018Four personal bests in one day at Vancouver Select Winter 2018.
- 30 Sep 2018Three personal bests in one day at Vancouver Select 2018.
- 20 Jul 2018Three personal bests in one day at SnoCo Summer 2018.
- 23 Jun 2018First sub-20 3×3: 13.58 at St. John's Spring Open 2018.
- 23 Jun 2018First sub-15 3×3: 13.58 at St. John's Spring Open 2018.
Competitions
- Burnaby Summer 2025 · 17 Aug 2025
- Warm Up Vancouver 2025 · 14 Jun 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Aldergrove Clock Fest 2025 · 19 Apr 2025
- Chill Cubing in Chilliwack 2025 · 22 Feb 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Vancouver Big Cubes Open 2019 · 23 Aug 2019
- Fraser Valley Spring Open 2019 · 4 May 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Downtown Vancouver Spring 2019 · 23 Mar 2019 — 1 personal best set
- UBC Open 2019 · 5 Jan 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- Vancouver Select Winter 2018 · 2 Dec 2018 — 4 personal bests set
- Vancouver Select 2018 · 30 Sep 2018 — 3 personal bests set
- SnoCo Summer 2018 · 20 Jul 2018 — 3 personal bests set
- St. John's Spring Open 2018 · 23 Jun 2018 — 3 personal bests set
- Whistler Open 2017 · 4 Nov 2017 — 1 personal best set
- Vancouver Open Winter 2017 · 7 Jan 2017
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.
- Noah Stelting — met in 57 rounds, finished ahead 13 times
- Kyle Van Straaten — met in 56 rounds, finished ahead 14 times
- Kenny Zhong — met in 54 rounds, finished ahead twice
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 8,101 people have one; it is 0.52 away.
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 9,039 people have one; it is 0.65 away.
Targets move as he improves.