People · Russia
Denis Kalyakin
3×3 · top 6.5% of 288,433 all-time · competing since January 2017 · 2017KALY01
Denis Kalyakin has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 9.62, set at Ural Autumn 2017, puts him in the top 6.5% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 231st in Russia. Until November 2007, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 8 competitions since January 2017, he has put 320 official solves on the record across ten events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 67% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. That figure sets aside his 7 DNFs. His 3×3 best has come down from 13.54 in January 2017 to 9.62, a 29% improvement. Denis has entered eight competitions, more competitions than 90% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Russia | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 9.62 | 13.50 | top 6.5% | 231 / 6,485 | |
| 2×2 | 2.83 | 5.92 | top 12.4% | 425 / 4,788 | |
| 4×4 | 40.65 | 54.02 | top 12.9% | 180 / 2,085 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 20.76 | 31.13 | top 22.6% | 355 / 1,772 | |
| 7×7 | 3:46.64 | 4:00.30 | top 25.9% | 51 / 271 | |
| 5×5 | 1:31.75 | 1:39.85 | top 28.8% | 205 / 942 | |
| Pyraminx | 7.70 | 10.79 | top 33.8% | 1,191 / 3,784 | |
| 6×6 | 2:52.37 | 2:55.11 | top 37.3% | 97 / 343 | |
| Square-1 | 26.98 | 39.00 | top 43.6% | 252 / 760 | |
| Megaminx | 2:18.74 | 2:31.33 | top 55.9% | 399 / 999 |
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
- 28 Sep 2019Three personal bests in one day at Ural Autumn 2019.
- 18 May 2019Five personal bests in one day at Ural Spring 2019.
- 25 Aug 2018Three personal bests in one day at Ural Open 2018.
- 18 Aug 2018Five personal bests in one day at Ufa Open 2018.
- 18 Nov 2017First sub-10 3×3: 9.62 at Ural Autumn 2017.
- 18 Nov 2017Six personal bests in one day at Ural Autumn 2017.
Competitions
- Ural Autumn 2019 · 28 Sep 2019 — 3 personal bests set
- Ural Spring 2019 · 18 May 2019 — 5 personal bests set
- Ural Autumn 2018 · 27 Oct 2018 — 1 personal best set
- Ural Open 2018 · 25 Aug 2018 — 3 personal bests set
- Ufa Open 2018 · 18 Aug 2018 — 5 personal bests set
- Ural Autumn 2017 · 18 Nov 2017 — 6 personal bests set
- Ural Open 2017 · 25 Aug 2017 — 2 personal bests set
- Ural Winter 2017 · 21 Jan 2017 — 2 personal bests set
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.
- Vasily Stasyev — met in 67 rounds, finished ahead 46 times
- Nikita Bespalov — met in 64 rounds, finished ahead 21 times
- Dmitry Shelomencev — met in 63 rounds, finished ahead 17 times
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 8,101 people have one; it is 1.62 away.
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 9,039 people have one; it is 0.83 away.
Targets move as he improves.