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Artem Kovalenko (Артем Коваленко)

Pyraminx · top 8.7% of 129,321 all-time · competing since March 2015 · 2015KOVA02

Artem Kovalenko (Артем Коваленко) has been competing for 12 years. His best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 4.21, set at Smart Cube Fest 2018, puts him in the top 8.7% of the 129,321 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 159th in Ukraine. Until September 2006, no official Pyraminx solve in the world had been that fast. Across 5 competitions since March 2015, he has put 90 official solves on the record across five events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one, an early reading from 6 counted rounds. His Pyraminx best has come down from 7.75 in November 2015 to 4.21, a 46% improvement. Artem has entered five competitions, more competitions than 83% of everyone who has ever competed.

Pyraminx
best event — top 8.7% of 129,321 all-time
4.21
signature single · Smart Cube Fest 2018
90
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUkraine
Pyraminx4.217.39
top 8.7%159 / 1,471
3×319.8926.64
top 39.6%1,009 / 2,868
Skewb11.2413.75
top 62.1%520 / 884
2×28.3611.16
top 70.0%1,306 / 1,894
4×41:50.59
top 77.0%652 / 867

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

Anatoliy Moroz Open 2015: 7.75Just Lviv It 2017: 6.78Smart Cube Fest 2018: 4.214.217.7528 Nov 20159 Nov 2018

Best single per competition, Pyraminx. 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-4 Pyraminx single — 9,892 people have one; it is 0.21 away.
  • A sub-15 3×3 single — 69,493 people have one; it is 4.89 away.

Targets move as he improves.