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Alexey Zharikov

4×4 · top 0.32% of 83,917 all-time · competing since March 2015 · 2015ZHAR01

Alexey Zharikov has been competing for 12 years. His best event is the 4×4: a personal-best single of 22.97, set at CCC Qualification Kazan 2020, puts him in the top 0.32% of the 83,917 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 5th in Russia. Until August 2014, no official 4×4 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 35 competitions since March 2015, he has put 2,421 official solves on the record across 15 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, steadier than 61% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 13.40 in March 2015 to 6.25, a 53% improvement. Alexey has entered 35 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.

4×4
best event — top 0.32% of 83,917 all-time
22.97
signature single · CCC Qualification Kazan 2020
2,421
official solves on the record
13%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 61% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingRussia
4×422.9727.89
top 0.32%5 / 2,080
3×36.258.05
top 0.65%18 / 6,475
2×21.073.08
top 0.7%24 / 4,782
5×548.0452.92
top 1.3%7 / 941
7×72:13.442:17.23
top 1.6%2 / 270
6×61:29.001:34.91
top 1.7%2 / 343
Pyraminx2.484.23
top 2.1%43 / 3,777
3×3 Fewest Moves23 moves29.33
top 3.0%2 / 366
3×3 one-handed12.0414.75
top 3.0%37 / 1,770
Skewb2.644.33
top 3.4%38 / 2,264
Megaminx46.3652.19
top 3.6%18 / 998
Square-18.5810.49
top 3.8%10 / 759
3×3 blindfolded1:25.05—
top 21.3%45 / 310
Clock9.9013.25
top 24.6%114 / 714
3×3 Multi-Blind5 of 5 cubes · 44:10—
top 38.2%33 / 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

Moscow Spring Open 2015: 13.40CCC End of Summer 2015: 9.54Moscow South-West Open 2015: 9.79MPEI Open 2015: 10.43Moscow Christmas Open 2016: 9.68CCC Spring Open 2016: 10.28CCC Summer Open 2016: 8.82SPB Championship 2016: 9.95MPEI Open 2016: 8.33Cuberussia in MSK 2017: 9.03Ramenskoe Open 2017: 7.44Svetlye Gory Open 2017: 8.03MPEI Open 2017: 8.39Moscow Winter Cubing 2018: 7.53HSE Open 2018: 7.47YJ Fest 2018: 7.82Svetlye Gory Open 2018: 7.30Kursk Open 2018: 7.72MPEI Open 2018: 7.90CCC Open Moscow 2019: 8.39YJ Fest Moscow 2019: 7.22CCC Qualification Voronezh 2019: 8.37CCC Qualification Saratov 2019: 7.72Ramenskoe Open 2019: 6.25CCC Qualification Sochi 2019: 7.24MPEI Open 2019: 7.15Ivanovo Cuber Cup 2019: 7.54CCC Qualification Kazan 2020: 6.74CCC Qualification SPB 2020: 7.59Volga Nizhny Novgorod 2020: 7.11SPB Muffin Mini 2021: 6.95Bogoroditsk Open 2021: 7.116.2513.4013 Mar 201529 May 2021

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-20 4×4 single — 42 people have one; it is 2.97 away.
  • A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 0.25 away.

Targets move as he improves.