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Yurii Shymon (Юрій Шимон)

2×2 · top 14.2% of 186,767 all-time · competing since November 2018 · 2018SHYM02

Yurii Shymon (Юрій Шимон) has been competing for 8 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 3.00, set at Ukrainian Open 2025, puts him in the top 14.2% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 248th in Ukraine. Across 5 competitions since November 2018, he has put 100 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one, an early reading from 8 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 28.69 in November 2018 to 13.61, a 53% improvement. Yurii has entered five competitions, more competitions than 83% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 14.2% of 186,767 all-time
3.00
signature single · Ukrainian Open 2025
100
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUkraine
2×23.005.09
top 14.2%248 / 1,894
3×313.6115.56
top 19.6%511 / 2,868
4×41:14.581:29.30
top 51.2%434 / 867
Pyraminx10.9814.47
top 60.4%951 / 1,471
Square-146.6452.97
top 72.8%227 / 302
Skewb16.0125.13
top 81.4%714 / 884
5×53:49.64
early days — 1 solve384 / 425

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

Smart Cube Fest 2018: 28.69Smartcube Fest Kyiv 2019: 18.15Cubes Masters Zhytomyr 2019: 22.83Cubes Masters Zhytomyr 2021: 14.76Ukrainian Open 2025: 13.6113.6128.699 Nov 201814 Jun 2025

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 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 1.00 away.
  • A sub-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 1.61 away.

Targets move as he improves.