People · Ukraine
Artem Stryzhak (Артем Стрижак)
5×5 · top 9.8% of 40,792 all-time · competing since December 2017 · 2017STRY01
Artem Stryzhak (Артем Стрижак) has been competing for 9 years. His best event is the 5×5: a personal-best single of 1:07.18, set at Victoria Gardens Kyiv 2026, puts him in the top 9.8% of the 40,792 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 44th in Ukraine. Until July 2010, no official 5×5 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 12 competitions since December 2017, he has put 208 official solves on the record across eight events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 18% around a typical one; 98% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 27.25 in December 2017 to 11.00, a 60% improvement. Artem has entered twelve competitions, more competitions than 94% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Ukraine | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5×5 | 1:07.18 | 1:29.89 | top 9.8% | 44 / 425 | |
| 3×3 | 11.00 | 14.13 | top 10.5% | 271 / 2,868 | |
| 4×4 | 43.32 | 48.52 | top 16.2% | 140 / 867 | |
| Skewb | 6.47 | 16.72 | top 29.5% | 241 / 884 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 25.43 | 37.95 | top 35.3% | 283 / 755 | |
| 2×2 | 4.89 | 6.32 | top 37.9% | 705 / 1,894 | |
| Pyraminx | 8.39 | 13.56 | top 39.6% | 631 / 1,471 | |
| 3×3 Fewest Moves | 63 moves | — | early days — 1 solve | 218 / 222 |
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
Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 16 Aug 2025Five personal bests in one day at Kyiv NxN Summer 2025.
- 19 Oct 2019Four personal bests in one day at Dnepr Puzzles Fest 2019.
- 28 Apr 2018First sub-20 3×3: 14.90 at Dnipro Cube Generation 2018.
- 28 Apr 2018First sub-15 3×3: 14.90 at Dnipro Cube Generation 2018.
- 24 Mar 2018Four personal bests in one day at Lviv Spring Days 2018.
- 23 Dec 2017First competition: Kharkiv Winter 2017. A 27.25 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Victoria Gardens Kyiv 2026 · 27 Jun 2026 — 1 personal best set
- U24 Tetiana Day Kyiv 2026 · 24 Jan 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Kyiv Side Events Autumn 2025 · 20 Sep 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Kyiv NxN Summer 2025 · 16 Aug 2025 — 5 personal bests set
- Dnepr Puzzles Fest 2019 · 19 Oct 2019 — 4 personal bests set
- Ukrainian Open 2018 · 1 Jun 2018
- Dnipro Cube Generation 2018 · 28 Apr 2018 — 2 personal bests set
- Lviv Spring Days 2018 · 24 Mar 2018 — 4 personal bests set
- FMC Europe 2018 · 10 Mar 2018
- Dnepr Never Fails 2018 · 23 Feb 2018 — 1 personal best set
- Dnepr Super Blind 2018 · 6 Jan 2018
- Kharkiv Winter 2017 · 23 Dec 2017
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.
- Lev Golub (Лев Голуб) — met in 51 rounds, never finished ahead
- Yevheniia Melnykova (Євгенія Мельникова) — met in 34 rounds, finished ahead once
- Serhii Koksharov (Сергій Кокшаров) — met in 31 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-1:00 5×5 single — 2,252 people have one; it is 7.18 away.
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 1.00 away.
Targets move as he improves.