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Maksim Zemtšihhin

3×3 · top 0.94% of 284,439 all-time · competing since December 2018 · 2018ZEMT01

Maksim Zemtšihhin has been competing for 8 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 6.60, set at Rīga Open 2026, puts him in the top 0.94% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 5th in Estonia. Until May 2011, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 62 competitions since December 2018, he has put 4,030 official solves on the record across 15 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, steadier than 85% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 23.33 in December 2018 to 6.60, a 72% improvement. Maksim has entered 62 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 0.94% of 284,439 all-time
6.60
signature single · Rīga Open 2026
4,030
official solves on the record
11%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 85% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingEstonia
3×36.608.51
top 0.94%5 / 308
Pyraminx2.103.68
top 1.3%4 / 186
2×21.572.95
top 2.5%13 / 244
4×429.8235.18
top 2.7%6 / 124
3×3 one-handed12.6915.56
top 4.0%4 / 115
5×557.651:08.85
top 4.4%4 / 59
Square-19.7212.65
top 5.6%2 / 46
Skewb3.244.80
top 6.3%11 / 126
Clock5.827.40
top 6.7%5 / 48
6×62:01.702:15.68
top 11.6%4 / 26
Megaminx1:05.481:14.52
top 13.0%7 / 45
7×73:30.433:48.64
top 19.9%4 / 19
3×3 Fewest Moves33 moves37.00
top 23.4%6 / 35
3×3 blindfolded2:11.452:45.82
top 37.1%10 / 24
3×3 Multi-Blind2 of 3 cubes · 15:10—
early days — 3 solves9 / 13

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

Tartu Open 2018: 23.33Randvere Cube Day 2019: 20.80Tallinn Open 2019: 15.19Estonian Open 2019: 13.09Tartu Open 2019: 11.92CCC Qualification SPB 2020: 12.27Estonian Open 2020: 13.02Estonian Open 2021: 8.19Tartu Open 2021: 8.80Twist 'n Turn Tallinn 2022: 9.44Tallinn Open 2022: 8.57Jāņi Kārķos 2022: 7.99Estonian Open 2022: 8.69TEC Open 2022: 8.30PärNuti Cubing 2022: 7.92Tartu Open 2022: 8.91Ehte Cube Days 2023: 8.17TKTK Workday Cubing I 2023: 8.66TalliNxN 2023: 8.33Viljandi Värk 2023: 8.59Tallinn Open 2023: 9.20TKTK Workday Cubing II 2023: 8.40Estonian Open 2023: 8.35Tartu Open 2023: 8.63Pyraminx on the Stars Tallinn 2024: 7.57Tallinn Spring 2024: 9.35Cuboss Open 2024: 8.80Twist 'n Turn Tallinn 2024: 8.09Tallinn Open 2024: 8.33Viljandi Open 2024: 9.60Audentes Open 2024: 9.23Estonian Championship 2024: 8.35Finnish Championship 2024: 8.02Hungarian Open 2024: 7.87Rīga Open 2024: 8.30Tartu Open 2024: 8.89Tallinn Spring 2025: 8.21Tallinn Open 2025: 8.24Estonian Championship 2025: 8.77Cuboss Open 2025: 7.95PärNuti Cubing 2025: 8.18Estcubes Open 2026: 8.02Rīga Open 2026: 6.60Kopli NxN Rampage 2026: 8.86Nuti Cube Day 2026: 7.40Nordic & Swedish Championship 2026: 6.98Nuti Tallinn Open 2026: 6.64NxNxN Rīgā 2026: 7.57Viljandi Open 2026: 9.03Kārķi Open 2026: 7.736.6023.338 Dec 201826 Aug 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 0.60 away.
  • A sub-2 Pyraminx single — 1,476 people have one; it is 0.10 away.

Targets move as he improves.