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Denis Tsukanov

3×3 one-handed · top 7.6% of 73,695 all-time · competing since November 2011 · 2011TSUK01

Denis Tsukanov has been competing for 15 years. His best event is the 3×3 one-handed: a personal-best single of 14.77, set at CCC Spring Open 2016, puts him in the top 7.6% of the 73,695 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 107th in Russia. Until August 2008, no official 3×3 one-handed solve in the world had been that fast. Across 9 competitions since November 2011, he has put 248 official solves on the record across eight events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 9% around a typical one, steadier than 99% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 one-handed best has come down from 33.02 in November 2011 to 14.77, a 55% improvement. Denis has entered nine competitions, more competitions than 91% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3 one-handed
best event — top 7.6% of 73,695 all-time
14.77
signature single · CCC Spring Open 2016
248
official solves on the record
9%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 99% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingRussia
3×3 one-handed14.7719.08
top 7.6%107 / 1,770
3×311.4712.82
top 12.0%519 / 6,475
4×449.7853.17
top 24.4%379 / 2,080
2×24.827.45
top 37.0%1,495 / 4,782
5×51:57.162:07.91
top 47.5%391 / 941
Pyraminx9.6913.81
top 50.6%1,868 / 3,777
6×64:31.76
early days — 1 solve234 / 343
Skewb15.5721.85
top 80.1%1,662 / 2,264

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

MPEI Open 2011: 33.02MPEI Open 2012: 21.12MPEI Open 2013: 17.38Tula Open 2014: 17.00MPEI Open 2014: 15.17CCC Spring Open 2016: 14.77CCC Summer Open 2016: 16.78MPEI Open 2016: 17.30MPEI Open 2019: 18.3814.7733.0226 Nov 201122 Nov 2019

Best single per competition, 3×3 one-handed. 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-12 3×3 one-handed single — 2,187 people have one; it is 2.77 away.
  • A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 1.47 away.

Targets move as he improves.