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Aleksei Lukianov

3×3 · top 4.7% of 284,439 all-time · competing since November 2019 · 2019LUKY02

Aleksei Lukianov has been competing for 7 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.94, set at Almaty Cubers Open 2024, puts him in the top 4.7% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 166th in Russia. Until May 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 18 competitions since November 2019, he has put 723 official solves on the record across twelve events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one; 58% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 26.91 in November 2019 to 8.94, a 67% improvement. Aleksei has entered 18 competitions, more competitions than 96% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 4.7% of 284,439 all-time
8.94
signature single · Almaty Cubers Open 2024
723
official solves on the record
13%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 58% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingRussia
3×38.9411.16
top 4.7%166 / 6,475
Clock6.188.03
top 7.8%26 / 714
Skewb4.587.49
top 15.1%226 / 2,264
3×3 one-handed19.7823.35
top 19.9%303 / 1,770
2×23.534.69
top 20.6%783 / 4,782
4×447.9353.36
top 22.0%321 / 2,080
Pyraminx6.668.75
top 25.1%860 / 3,777
3×3 Fewest Moves36 moves42.33
top 33.6%94 / 366
5×51:40.141:55.31
top 35.5%274 / 941
Square-126.1032.46
top 41.7%238 / 759
Megaminx2:09.122:25.71
top 50.7%353 / 998
3×3 blindfolded4:01.54—
top 68.4%185 / 310

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 2019: 26.91KSF Open 2023: 12.40Almaty Cubers Open 2024: 8.94Cubing Kazakhstan Nationals 2024: 10.81Uzbekistan Nationals 2024: 10.98Almaty Summer 2025: 9.98Summer in Bishkek 2025: 11.61Cubing Kazakhstan Nationals 2025: 10.36Dreht's Eich in Ergolding 2025: 10.64Linz Nikolaus Day 2025: 10.34Schwerin Open 2026: 9.75Swift Cubing in Swabia 2026: 10.17Munich Open 2026: 10.74Franconia Cube Days 2026: 11.10Cubing Kazakhstan Nationals 2026: 11.298.9426.9122 Nov 201921 Aug 2026

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-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.94 away.
  • A sub-6 Clock single — 2,324 people have one; it is 0.18 away.

Targets move as he improves.