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Leonid Salzmann

3×3 · top 2.3% of 284,439 all-time · competing since April 2016 · 2016PALC02

Leonid Salzmann has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 7.73, set at Vienna Summer 2024, puts him in the top 2.3% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 77th in Ukraine. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 46 competitions since April 2016, he has put 2,288 official solves on the record across 13 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 74% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 18.95 in April 2016 to 7.73, a 59% improvement. Leonid has entered 46 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 2.3% of 284,439 all-time
7.73
signature single · Vienna Summer 2024
2,288
official solves on the record
12%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 74% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUkraine
3×37.738.98
top 2.3%77 / 2,868
Pyraminx2.585.22
top 2.4%40 / 1,471
Clock4.836.58
top 4.0%16 / 347
Skewb2.944.72
top 4.7%39 / 884
2×22.103.77
top 5.4%110 / 1,894
4×433.7536.80
top 5.6%57 / 867
3×3 one-handed14.2117.65
top 6.5%60 / 755
5×51:09.251:14.21
top 11.1%51 / 425
Megaminx1:08.981:16.50
top 15.0%61 / 424
6×62:11.912:20.03
top 16.2%28 / 169
Square-117.6921.06
top 22.6%68 / 302
3×3 Fewest Moves33 moves—
top 23.4%52 / 222
7×73:40.734:07.54
top 23.7%33 / 135

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

BSU Cubing Days 2016: 18.95Slavonic Gymnasium Open 2016: 17.65Cowboys Summer 2016: 15.01European Rubik's Cube Championship 2016: 18.12Ukrainian Nationals 2016: 16.77Minsk Winter 2016: 13.09Just Lviv It 2017: 10.60BSU Cubing Days 2017: 11.12Smart Cube Open 2017: 11.16Odessa Open 2017: 12.54LETI Open 2017: 11.31150th Cube Meeting in Brest 2017: 8.50Ukrainian Nationals 2017: 11.35Kharkiv Cube Day 2017: 13.02Minsk Championship 2017: 9.25Schwandorf Open 2018: 10.44German Nationals 2018: 10.52Munich Open 2018: 10.46Franconia Spring 2019: 10.69German Nationals 2019: 9.43Franconia Fall 2019: 9.37Munich Open 2019: 9.00Franconia X 2019: 9.99Salzburg Open 2020: 9.21Franconia Winter 2020: 9.15Franconia Mini Open A 2022: 8.80German Nationals 2022: 8.67Franconia Mini Open A 2023: 7.79Bremium Cubing 2023: 8.51Wiener Frühling 2023: 8.29Cubing Returns Munich B 2023: 8.42Franconia First Timers 2024: 9.37Vienna Summer 2024: 7.73Franconia Christmas B 2024: 9.31Franconia Winter 2025: 8.82Franconia Spring 2025: 8.78Franconia XX 2025: 8.12Franconia Winter 2026: 8.44Munich Open 2026: 8.64Franconia Cube Days 2026: 8.357.7318.9523 Apr 201630 May 2026

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-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 1.73 away.
  • A sub-2 Pyraminx single — 1,476 people have one; it is 0.58 away.

Targets move as he improves.