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Alexey Mikhailov

2×2 · top 3.7% of 186,767 all-time · competing since November 2013 · 2013MIKH01

Alexey Mikhailov has been competing for 13 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.82, set at Battle for Belgrade II 2025, puts him in the top 3.7% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 122nd in Russia. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 35 competitions since November 2013, he has put 1,421 official solves on the record across 15 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 10% around a typical one, steadier than 94% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 15.28 in November 2013 to 9.06, a 41% improvement. Alexey has entered 35 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 3.7% of 186,767 all-time
1.82
signature single · Battle for Belgrade II 2025
1,421
official solves on the record
10%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 94% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingRussia
2×21.824.50
top 3.7%122 / 4,782
3×39.0611.60
top 5.0%182 / 6,475
Skewb3.296.74
top 6.5%88 / 2,264
3×3 one-handed16.5320.11
top 11.4%163 / 1,770
Square-112.8114.68
top 11.5%52 / 759
Pyraminx5.067.35
top 13.5%406 / 3,777
4×450.5559.29
top 25.4%405 / 2,080
3×3 Fewest Moves34 moves41.67
top 26.7%73 / 366
5×51:41.271:47.97
top 36.3%281 / 941
Clock12.9318.68
top 39.3%197 / 714
3×3 blindfolded2:19.49—
top 39.8%90 / 310
6×62:58.143:46.19
top 40.2%108 / 343
Megaminx2:10.952:37.65
top 51.7%363 / 998
7×75:04.165:15.29
top 51.8%119 / 270
3×3 Multi-Blind2 of 2 cubes · 14:32—
early days — 2 solves69 / 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

MPEI Open 2013: 15.28CCC Winter Open 2014: 13.63Tula Open 2014: 13.13CCC Autumn Open 2014: 14.00Saint Petersburg Open 2014: 12.80MPEI Open 2014: 13.79Vitba Winter 2015: 13.35Moscow Spring Open 2015: 12.97Vrn Spring 2015: 12.43Saint Petersburg Spring Open 2015: 12.46Ural Open 2015: 12.40CCC End of Summer 2015: 11.62Moscow South-West Open 2015: 12.85Belgorod Open 2015: 11.33MPEI Open 2015: 11.02Minsk Winter 2015: 12.72Moscow Christmas Open 2016: 14.21Ural Winter 2016: 12.01Saint Petersburg Welcome To 2016: 12.90CCC Spring Open 2016: 10.35European Rubik's Cube Championship 2016: 13.91Czech Open 2016: 12.11MPEI Open 2016: 13.07MPEI Open 2019: 16.38Albanian Open 2022: 11.60Georgia August Open 2023: 11.29Belgrade Open 2024: 11.67Battle for Belgrade 2025: 12.10Serbian Championship 2025: 11.05Battle for Belgrade II 2025: 10.77Kragujevac Open 2025: 9.069.0616.3823 Nov 201322 Nov 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-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.82 away.
  • A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.06 away.

Targets move as he improves.