People · Ukraine
Alexandr Shotidi
3×3 · top 5.1% of 288,433 all-time · competing since April 2024 · 2024SHOT01
Alexandr Shotidi has been competing for 2 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 9.08, set at c't Open Hannover 2025, puts him in the top 5.1% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 147th in Ukraine. Until May 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 8 competitions since April 2024, he has put 477 official solves on the record across twelve events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, steadier than 89% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 11.51 in April 2024 to 9.08, a 21% improvement. Alexandr has entered eight competitions, more competitions than 90% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Ukraine | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 9.08 | 11.95 | top 5.1% | 147 / 2,889 | |
| 4×4 | 38.96 | 48.32 | top 11.0% | 101 / 878 | |
| Pyraminx | 5.01 | 7.68 | top 13.2% | 234 / 1,484 | |
| 5×5 | 1:17.78 | 1:30.16 | top 17.5% | 78 / 431 | |
| 2×2 | 3.33 | 5.01 | top 18.2% | 335 / 1,911 | |
| Skewb | 5.20 | 9.89 | top 19.8% | 178 / 896 | |
| Megaminx | 1:20.63 | 1:39.04 | top 22.3% | 94 / 425 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 25.88 | 31.44 | top 36.6% | 300 / 765 | |
| Clock | 12.75 | 16.54 | top 38.5% | 139 / 354 | |
| Square-1 | 27.97 | 31.59 | top 45.6% | 141 / 307 | |
| 7×7 | 4:55.76 | 5:08.05 | early days — 3 solves | 76 / 140 | |
| 6×6 | 3:51.51 | — | early days — 2 solves | 117 / 173 |
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
- 11 Oct 2025Four personal bests in one day at Wuppertaler Würfel Wochenende 2025.
- 2 Nov 2024First sub-10 3×3: 9.79 at Bremium Cubing 2024.
- 2 Nov 2024Five personal bests in one day at Bremium Cubing 2024.
- 13 Sep 2024Eight personal bests in one day at c't Open Hannover 2024.
- 20 Apr 2024First competition: German Open 2024. A 11.51 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- c't Open Hannover 2026 · 17 Oct 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Rubik's German Nationals 2026 · 28 Aug 2026
- c't Open Hannover 2025 · 1 Nov 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Wuppertaler Würfel Wochenende 2025 · 11 Oct 2025 — 4 personal bests set
- German Newcomer Day 2025 · 1 Mar 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Bremium Cubing 2024 · 2 Nov 2024 — 5 personal bests set
- c't Open Hannover 2024 · 13 Sep 2024 — 8 personal bests set
- German Open 2024 · 20 Apr 2024 — 1 personal best set
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.
- Finn Comerford — met in 87 rounds, finished ahead 9 times
- Sébastien Auroux — met in 82 rounds, finished ahead 28 times
- Frederik Ambrosi — met in 82 rounds, finished ahead 8 times
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 8,101 people have one; it is 1.08 away.
- A sub-30 4×4 single — 2,465 people have one; it is 8.96 away.
Targets move as he improves.