People · Russia
Maksim Vorobyev
2×2 · top 0.87% of 186,767 all-time · competing since November 2011 · 2011VORO03
Maksim Vorobyev has been competing for 15 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.14, set at Moscow South-West Open 2015, puts him in the top 0.87% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 29th in Russia. Until November 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 16 competitions since November 2011, he has put 795 official solves on the record across eleven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 71% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 35.41 in November 2011 to 6.84, an 81% improvement. Maksim has entered 16 competitions, more competitions than 96% 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 | 1.14 | 2.38 | top 0.87% | 29 / 4,782 | |
| 3×3 | 6.84 | 8.92 | top 1.2% | 26 / 6,475 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 12.94 | 14.72 | top 4.3% | 52 / 1,770 | |
| Pyraminx | 4.11 | 5.84 | top 8.2% | 227 / 3,777 | |
| 4×4 | 41.19 | 46.63 | top 13.5% | 190 / 2,080 | |
| Skewb | 6.28 | 6.80 | top 28.0% | 446 / 2,264 | |
| 5×5 | 1:36.91 | 1:44.02 | top 33.0% | 256 / 941 | |
| 3×3 Fewest Moves | 37 moves | — | top 37.3% | 109 / 366 | |
| 6×6 | 3:45.55 | 4:03.49 | top 60.7% | 179 / 343 | |
| Megaminx | 2:57.88 | — | top 73.5% | 608 / 998 | |
| 7×7 | 7:06.69 | — | early days — 3 solves | 209 / 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
- 13 Mar 2015Three personal bests in one day at Moscow Spring Open 2015.
- 28 Nov 2014Seven personal bests in one day at MPEI Open 2014.
- 4 Oct 2014Three personal bests in one day at CCC Autumn Open 2014.
- 28 Mar 2014Three personal bests in one day at Tula Open 2014.
- 16 Feb 2014First sub-10 3×3: 9.05 at CCC Winter Open 2014.
- 16 Feb 2014Four personal bests in one day at CCC Winter Open 2014.
Competitions
- MPEI Open 2019 · 22 Nov 2019
- MPEI Open 2017 · 24 Nov 2017 — 1 personal best set
- CCC Spring Open 2016 · 29 Apr 2016 — 1 personal best set
- MPEI Open 2015 · 27 Nov 2015
- Moscow South-West Open 2015 · 19 Sep 2015 — 1 personal best set
- CCC End of Summer 2015 · 28 Aug 2015
- Moscow Spring Open 2015 · 13 Mar 2015 — 3 personal bests set
- MPEI Open 2014 · 28 Nov 2014 — 7 personal bests set
- CCC Autumn Open 2014 · 4 Oct 2014 — 3 personal bests set
- Tula Open 2014 · 28 Mar 2014 — 3 personal bests set
- CCC Winter Open 2014 · 16 Feb 2014 — 4 personal bests set
- Moscow North-West Open Winter 2013 · 3 Jan 2013 — 4 personal bests set
- Kharkiv Winter 2012 · 8 Dec 2012 — 5 personal bests set
- MPEI Open 2012 · 24 Nov 2012 — 8 personal bests set
- Moscow North-West Open 2012 · 11 Aug 2012 — 4 personal bests set
- MPEI Open 2011 · 26 Nov 2011
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.
- Ivan Torgashov (Иван Торгашов) — met in 126 rounds, finished ahead 65 times
- Dmitry Dobrjakov — met in 123 rounds, finished ahead 48 times
- Dmitry Zvyagintsev — met in 123 rounds, finished ahead 48 times
Next targets
- A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.14 away.
- A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 0.84 away.
Targets move as he improves.