People · Russia
Maksim Demchenko (Максим Демченко)
2×2 · top 1.5% of 186,767 all-time · competing since May 2018 · 2018DEMC01
Maksim Demchenko (Максим Демченко) has been competing for 8 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.35, set at MPEI Open 2019, puts him in the top 1.5% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 57th in Russia. Until November 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 14 competitions since May 2018, he has put 573 official solves on the record across 13 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 10% around a typical one, steadier than 98% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 31.40 in May 2018 to 9.95, a 68% improvement. Maksim has entered 14 competitions, more competitions than 95% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Russia | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 1.35 | 3.13 | top 1.5% | 57 / 4,782 | |
| Megaminx | 47.98 | 49.98 | top 4.3% | 24 / 998 | |
| Pyraminx | 3.61 | 5.01 | top 5.9% | 156 / 3,777 | |
| Skewb | 3.26 | 5.67 | top 6.4% | 87 / 2,264 | |
| 3×3 | 9.95 | 11.53 | top 7.3% | 275 / 6,475 | |
| 5×5 | 1:20.34 | 1:34.81 | top 19.4% | 126 / 941 | |
| 4×4 | 49.92 | 54.97 | top 24.6% | 384 / 2,080 | |
| Clock | 10.37 | 12.23 | top 26.9% | 126 / 714 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 24.42 | 31.50 | top 32.6% | 517 / 1,770 | |
| Square-1 | 22.82 | 27.12 | top 34.3% | 179 / 759 | |
| 6×6 | 3:58.41 | 4:19.31 | early days — 3 solves | 192 / 343 | |
| 3×3 Fewest Moves | 47 moves | — | early days — 3 solves | 256 / 366 | |
| 7×7 | 6:32.18 | 7:03.17 | top 74.9% | 177 / 270 |
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
- 29 May 2021First sub-10 3×3: 9.95 at Bogoroditsk Open 2021.
- 29 May 2021Five personal bests in one day at Bogoroditsk Open 2021.
- 29 Feb 2020Five personal bests in one day at Volga Nizhny Novgorod 2020.
- 18 Jan 2020Four personal bests in one day at Berlin Winter Cubing 2020.
- 28 Dec 2019Six personal bests in one day at Ivanovo Cuber Cup 2019.
- 22 Nov 2019Five personal bests in one day at MPEI Open 2019.
Competitions
- Bogoroditsk Open 2021 · 29 May 2021 — 5 personal bests set
- Volga Nizhny Novgorod 2020 · 29 Feb 2020 — 5 personal bests set
- Berlin Winter Cubing 2020 · 18 Jan 2020 — 4 personal bests set
- CCC Qualification Kazan 2020 · 4 Jan 2020 — 2 personal bests set
- Sariki in Moscow 2020 · 2 Jan 2020
- Ivanovo Cuber Cup 2019 · 28 Dec 2019 — 6 personal bests set
- MPEI Open 2019 · 22 Nov 2019 — 5 personal bests set
- Samara Speedcubing Fest 2019 · 26 Oct 2019 — 4 personal bests set
- Ramenskoe Open 2019 · 14 Sep 2019 — 4 personal bests set
- German Nationals 2019 · 2 Aug 2019 — 6 personal bests set
- YJ Fest Moscow 2019 · 28 Jun 2019 — 4 personal bests set
- CCC Open Moscow 2019 · 13 Apr 2019 — 5 personal bests set
- MPEI Open 2018 · 23 Nov 2018 — 6 personal bests set
- YJ Fest 2018 · 18 May 2018
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.
- Alexander Bashutkin — met in 95 rounds, finished ahead 8 times
- Maxim Ilin — met in 84 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
- Alexey Zharikov — met in 81 rounds, finished ahead 8 times
Next targets
- A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.35 away.
- A sub-40 Megaminx single — 557 people have one; it is 7.98 away.
Targets move as he improves.