People · Russia
Maksim Melnik
3×3 · top 7.5% of 284,439 all-time · competing since September 2013 · 2013MELN01
Maksim Melnik has been competing for 13 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 10.03, set at SPB Championship 2017, puts him in the top 7.5% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 290th in Russia. Until May 2007, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 20 competitions since September 2013, he has put 735 official solves on the record across 14 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 63% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 21.78 in September 2013 to 10.03, a 54% improvement. Maksim has entered 20 competitions, more competitions than 97% 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 | 10.03 | 14.80 | top 7.5% | 290 / 6,475 | |
| 2×2 | 3.21 | 5.47 | top 16.7% | 616 / 4,782 | |
| 4×4 | 48.91 | 56.71 | top 23.3% | 343 / 2,080 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 21.39 | 28.64 | top 24.3% | 388 / 1,770 | |
| Pyraminx | 9.06 | 12.13 | top 45.4% | 1,666 / 3,777 | |
| Skewb | 8.59 | 13.32 | top 45.6% | 820 / 2,264 | |
| 5×5 | 1:55.19 | 2:00.14 | top 46.1% | 371 / 941 | |
| 3×3 Fewest Moves | 43 moves | 47.33 | top 59.0% | 198 / 366 | |
| Megaminx | 2:34.87 | 2:39.20 | top 63.6% | 481 / 998 | |
| 3×3 blindfolded | 4:16.91 | — | early days — 2 solves | 193 / 310 | |
| Clock | 24.30 | 26.44 | top 75.4% | 478 / 714 | |
| 7×7 | 6:35.96 | 7:42.05 | early days — 3 solves | 183 / 270 | |
| 6×6 | 4:38.89 | 5:02.22 | top 77.0% | 244 / 343 | |
| Square-1 | 1:09.64 | — | early days — 1 solve | 647 / 759 |
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
- 3 Dec 2016Three personal bests in one day at SPB Winter 2016.
- 18 Jul 2015Three personal bests in one day at Saint Petersburg Summer Open 2015.
- 25 Oct 2014First sub-20 3×3: 14.40 at Saint Petersburg Open 2014.
- 25 Oct 2014First sub-15 3×3: 14.40 at Saint Petersburg Open 2014.
- 25 Oct 2014Eight personal bests in one day at Saint Petersburg Open 2014.
- 14 Sep 2013First competition: Saint Petersburg Open 2013. A 21.78 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- SPB Muffin 2020 · 14 Mar 2020 — 1 personal best set
- Welcome to Academy 2018 · 3 Nov 2018
- SPB Summer 2018 · 4 Aug 2018 — 1 personal best set
- SPB Island 2018 · 12 May 2018 — 1 personal best set
- CFCTC Open 2018 · 31 Mar 2018 — 2 personal bests set
- Muffin Winter 2017 · 15 Dec 2017
- MPEI Open 2017 · 24 Nov 2017 — 2 personal bests set
- SPB Championship 2017 · 27 Oct 2017 — 1 personal best set
- Estonian Open 2017 · 9 Sep 2017 — 1 personal best set
- LETI Open 2017 · 1 Jul 2017 — 1 personal best set
- SPB Easter Open 2017 · 15 Apr 2017 — 1 personal best set
- Cuberussia in SPB 2017 · 25 Feb 2017 — 2 personal bests set
- SPB Winter 2016 · 3 Dec 2016 — 3 personal bests set
- SPB Championship 2016 · 3 Sep 2016 — 2 personal bests set
- SPB Spring Open 2016 · 7 May 2016 — 2 personal bests set
- Saint Petersburg Welcome To 2016 · 27 Feb 2016 — 2 personal bests set
- Saint Petersburg Autumn Open 2015 · 24 Oct 2015 — 1 personal best set
- Saint Petersburg Summer Open 2015 · 18 Jul 2015 — 3 personal bests set
- Saint Petersburg Open 2014 · 25 Oct 2014 — 8 personal bests set
- Saint Petersburg Open 2013 · 14 Sep 2013
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.
- Pavel Galaktionov — met in 150 rounds, finished ahead twice
- Ilya Tsiareshka — met in 126 rounds, finished ahead 30 times
- Vyacheslav Sizov — met in 119 rounds, finished ahead 74 times
Next targets
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 0.03 away.
- A sub-3 2×2 single — 26,570 people have one; it is 0.21 away.
Targets move as he improves.