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Maksim Temnyshov

3×3 · top 5.4% of 284,439 all-time · competing since December 2017 · 2017TEMN02

Maksim Temnyshov has been competing for 9 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 9.23, set at Cubing Kazakhstan Nationals 2024, puts him in the top 5.4% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 190th in Russia. Until February 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 4 competitions since December 2017, he has put 96 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one, an early reading from 6 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 27.80 in December 2017 to 9.23, a 67% improvement. Maksim has entered four competitions, more competitions than 78% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 5.4% of 284,439 all-time
9.23
signature single · Cubing Kazakhstan Nationals 2024
96
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingRussia
3×39.2311.92
top 5.4%190 / 6,475
3×3 one-handed16.0219.03
top 10.3%141 / 1,770
Pyraminx5.306.36
top 15.1%473 / 3,777
4×451.1057.47
top 26.0%418 / 2,080
2×24.035.29
top 26.9%1,050 / 4,782
3×3 Multi-Blind2 of 2 cubes · 15:44
early days — 1 solve72 / 98

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

Saratov Winter Open 2017: 27.80Volga Open 2019: 28.49Rubik's WCA European Championship 2024: 11.51Cubing Kazakhstan Nationals 2024: 9.239.2328.499 Dec 201725 Oct 2024

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-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.23 away.
  • A sub-15 3×3 one-handed single — 5,987 people have one; it is 1.02 away.

Targets move as he improves.