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Alexander Anikin (Александр Аникин)

3×3 · top 0.36% of 284,439 all-time · competing since April 2021 · 2021ANIK01

Alexander Anikin (Александр Аникин) has been competing for 5 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 5.76, set at Nub Open Lake Forest 2024, puts him in the top 0.36% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 9th in Russia. Until June 2011, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 16 competitions since April 2021, he has put 509 official solves on the record across twelve events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, steadier than 53% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 55.84 in April 2021 to 5.76, a 90% improvement. Alexander has entered 16 competitions, more competitions than 96% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 0.36% of 284,439 all-time
5.76
signature single · Nub Open Lake Forest 2024
509
official solves on the record
13%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 53% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingRussia
3×35.767.78
top 0.36%9 / 6,475
Square-17.6913.07
top 2.6%5 / 759
2×22.083.11
top 5.3%168 / 4,782
5×559.871:04.27
top 5.4%27 / 941
4×435.3337.78
top 7.0%77 / 2,080
7×72:58.663:17.35
top 10.2%16 / 270
3×3 one-handed16.3519.52
top 11.0%156 / 1,770
Pyraminx5.108.32
top 13.8%422 / 3,777
6×62:07.962:11.76
top 14.5%30 / 343
3×3 blindfolded1:12.31—
early days — 3 solves34 / 310
Skewb11.7514.92
top 64.8%1,255 / 2,264
3×3 Multi-Blind2 of 3 cubes · 24:57—
early days — 1 solve83 / 98

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

Ural Spring 2021: 55.84Ural Winter 2022: 20.62Rubik's WCA Asian Championship 2022: 10.49USC Cubing 2024: 8.06Fullerton Winter 2024: 7.60Los Angeles Newcomers 2024: 6.90Santa Barbara Cubing 2024: 8.64Temecula Valley Spring 2024: 7.35Nub Open Mission Viejo Summer 2024: 6.61La La Land 2024: 6.43Temecula Valley Fall 2024: 7.93CubeChella 2024: 6.63Nub Open Lake Forest 2024: 5.76Santa Barbara Winter 2025: 7.00Agoura Side Events Day 2025: 7.37Nub Open Mission Viejo Spring 2025: 7.365.7655.844 Apr 202131 May 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-5 3×3 single — 344 people have one; it is 0.76 away.
  • A sub-6 Square-1 single — 201 people have one; it is 1.69 away.

Targets move as he improves.