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Artem Lukin (Артём Лукин)

3×3 · top 4.0% of 284,439 all-time · competing since June 2018 · 2018LUKI02

Artem Lukin (Артём Лукин) has been competing for 8 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.62, set at MPEI Open 2019, puts him in the top 4.0% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 127th in Russia. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 10 competitions since June 2018, he has put 521 official solves on the record across twelve events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one; 89% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 13.76 in June 2018 to 8.62, a 37% improvement. Artem has entered ten competitions, more competitions than 92% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 4.0% of 284,439 all-time
8.62
signature single · MPEI Open 2019
521
official solves on the record
15%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 89% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingRussia
3×38.6211.19
top 4.0%127 / 6,475
2×22.103.19
top 5.4%174 / 4,782
Pyraminx3.595.37
top 5.8%152 / 3,777
Skewb3.215.56
top 6.1%83 / 2,264
4×437.3644.19
top 9.1%109 / 2,080
3×3 one-handed16.8218.45
top 12.1%179 / 1,770
5×51:15.201:25.84
top 15.5%94 / 941
Square-117.3434.33
top 21.7%105 / 759
Clock10.3414.04
top 26.8%125 / 714
Megaminx1:34.921:44.89
top 31.3%195 / 998
3×3 Fewest Moves46 moves
early days — 1 solve241 / 366
6×64:15.564:19.78
top 70.4%216 / 343

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

Voronezh Open 2018: 13.76White City Cubing 2018: 12.85Belgorod Open 2018: 11.75MPEI Open 2018: 11.88Voronezh Open 2019: 10.85Sura Spring 2019: 9.73CCC Qualification Voronezh 2019: 8.88Kursk Open 2019: 11.19MPEI Open 2019: 8.62CCC Qualification SPB 2020: 10.978.6213.7610 Jun 20181 Feb 2020

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-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.62 away.
  • A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.10 away.

Targets move as he improves.