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Denis Gromov (Денис Громов)

3×3 · top 3.3% of 284,439 all-time · competing since October 2018 · 2018GROM01

Denis Gromov (Денис Громов) has been competing for 8 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.27, set at Novosibirsk Tech Library 2019, puts him in the top 3.3% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 104th in Russia. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 9 competitions since October 2018, he has put 500 official solves on the record across eleven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, steadier than 89% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 14.18 in October 2018 to 8.27, a 42% improvement. Denis has entered nine competitions, more competitions than 91% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 3.3% of 284,439 all-time
8.27
signature single · Novosibirsk Tech Library 2019
500
official solves on the record
11%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 89% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingRussia
3×38.2710.23
top 3.3%104 / 6,475
2×22.032.81
top 4.9%151 / 4,782
3×3 one-handed14.7117.65
top 7.5%104 / 1,770
5×51:05.101:09.69
top 8.5%41 / 941
4×439.2241.82
top 11.2%148 / 2,080
Pyraminx5.336.62
top 15.3%490 / 3,777
6×62:12.362:25.24
top 16.6%37 / 343
Megaminx1:14.431:22.36
top 18.3%99 / 998
Skewb5.228.20
top 19.9%309 / 2,264
7×73:46.913:59.78
top 26.1%52 / 270
Square-129.3436.50
top 48.2%284 / 759

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

Siberian Athens 2018: 14.18YJ Fest Siberia 2019: 13.82Kemerovo Open 2019: 11.70Novosibirsk Planetarium Open 2019: 10.71CCC Qualification Barnaul 2019: 11.41NSK Cubing Fest 2019: 10.37Novosibirsk Tech Library 2019: 8.27Tomsk Cube Days 2019: 9.30Tyumen Cube Fest 2020: 9.258.2714.186 Oct 201829 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 0.27 away.
  • A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.03 away.

Targets move as he improves.