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Denis Pozhidaev (Денис Пожидаев)

3×3 · top 25.3% of 284,439 all-time · competing since February 2018 · 2018POZH01

Denis Pozhidaev (Денис Пожидаев) has been competing for 9 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 15.25, set at Novosibirsk Planetarium Open 2019, puts him in the top 25.3% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,287th in Russia. Across 4 competitions since February 2018, he has put 63 official solves on the record across four events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 16% around a typical one, an early reading from 5 counted rounds. That figure sets aside his 2 DNFs. His 3×3 best has come down from 38.07 in February 2018 to 15.25, a 60% improvement. Denis has entered four competitions, more competitions than 78% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 25.3% of 284,439 all-time
15.25
signature single · Novosibirsk Planetarium Open 2019
63
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingRussia
3×315.2521.57
top 25.3%1,287 / 6,475
Pyraminx9.6413.79
top 50.2%1,848 / 3,777
2×26.447.38
top 55.4%2,390 / 4,782
3×3 one-handed51.73
early days — 2 solves1,369 / 1,770

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

Krasnoyarsk Winter Open 2018: 38.07Siberian Athens 2018: 17.38MPEI Open 2018: 22.02Novosibirsk Planetarium Open 2019: 15.2515.2538.073 Feb 201813 Apr 2019

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-15 3×3 single — 69,493 people have one; it is 0.25 away.
  • A sub-8 Pyraminx single — 46,752 people have one; it is 1.64 away.

Targets move as he improves.