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Alexey Melnikov

3×3 · top 12.0% of 284,439 all-time · competing since August 2011 · 2011MELN01

Alexey Melnikov has been competing for 15 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 11.46, set at Svetlye Gory Open 2018, puts him in the top 12.0% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 516th in Russia. Across 12 competitions since August 2011, he has put 142 official solves on the record across three events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 10% around a typical one, steadier than 97% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 20.05 in August 2011 to 11.46, a 43% improvement. Alexey has entered twelve competitions, more competitions than 94% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 12.0% of 284,439 all-time
11.46
signature single · Svetlye Gory Open 2018
142
official solves on the record
10%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 97% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingRussia
3×311.4612.92
top 12.0%516 / 6,475
2×22.847.58
top 12.4%426 / 4,782
3×3 one-handed24.4628.95
top 32.7%518 / 1,770

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

Russia Open 2011: 20.05World Rubik's Cube Championship 2011: 18.86MPEI Open 2011: 17.47Moscow North-West Open 2012: 16.15MPEI Open 2013: 12.43Moscow Winter Cubing 2018: 12.79HSE Open 2018: 12.96YJ Fest 2018: 12.46Svetlye Gory Open 2018: 11.46MPEI Open 2018: 11.88YJ Fest Moscow 2019: 13.24MPEI Open 2019: 11.5811.4620.0527 Aug 201122 Nov 2019

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-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 1.46 away.
  • A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.84 away.

Targets move as he improves.