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Alexander Smelov (Александр Смелов)

3×3 · top 75.2% of 284,439 all-time · competing since May 2018 · 2018SMEL01

Alexander Smelov (Александр Смелов) has been competing for 8 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 38.55, set at MPEI Open 2018, puts him in the top 75.2% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 4,656th in Russia. Across 2 competitions since May 2018, he has put 12 official solves on the record across two events. His 3×3 best has come down from 48.95 in May 2018 to 38.55, a 21% improvement. Alexander has entered two competitions.

3×3
best event — top 75.2% of 284,439 all-time
38.55
signature single · MPEI Open 2018
12
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingRussia
3×338.5549.91
top 75.2%4,656 / 6,475
Pyraminx16.41
early days — 2 solves3,305 / 3,777

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

YJ Fest 2018: 48.95MPEI Open 2018: 38.5538.5548.9518 May 201823 Nov 2018

Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.

The story so far

  • 18 May 2018First competition: YJ Fest 2018. A 48.95 3×3 single to start from.

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-30 3×3 single — 177,856 people have one; it is 8.55 away.
  • A sub-15 Pyraminx single — 105,805 people have one; it is 1.41 away.

Targets move as he improves.