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Maksym B. Tsymbaliuk (Максим Б. Цимбалюк)

3×3 · top 1.2% of 284,439 all-time · competing since February 2018 · 2018TSYM01

Maksym B. Tsymbaliuk (Максим Б. Цимбалюк) has been competing for 9 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 6.84, set at Frankivsk Open 2019, puts him in the top 1.2% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 37th in Ukraine. Until November 2010, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 9 competitions since February 2018, he has put 539 official solves on the record across 13 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, steadier than 86% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 15.78 in February 2018 to 6.84, a 57% improvement. Maksym has entered nine competitions, more competitions than 91% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 1.2% of 284,439 all-time
6.84
signature single · Frankivsk Open 2019
539
official solves on the record
11%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 86% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUkraine
3×36.848.57
top 1.2%37 / 2,868
5×550.331:02.65
top 1.9%7 / 425
4×429.9831.37
top 2.8%32 / 867
2×21.732.48
top 3.2%71 / 1,894
Skewb2.874.41
top 4.4%33 / 884
Pyraminx3.235.06
top 4.4%74 / 1,471
3×3 one-handed17.8820.90
top 14.7%129 / 755
Megaminx1:08.531:13.75
top 14.8%58 / 424
Clock9.2512.86
top 21.2%72 / 347
Square-119.0321.93
top 25.7%80 / 302
6×63:34.483:47.56
top 56.5%104 / 169
3×3 Fewest Moves47 moves
early days — 2 solves151 / 222
7×76:23.46
early days — 1 solve106 / 135

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

Dnepr Never Fails 2018: 15.78Lviv Spring Days 2018: 13.37Ukrainian Open 2018: 10.31Smart Cube Fest 2018: 11.62Vinnytsia Open 2019: 9.49Lviv Spring Days 2019: 9.94Vinnytsia Cube Cup 2019: 9.64Frankivsk Open 2019: 6.84Solving by the Barrow 2025: 7.766.8415.7823 Feb 201829 Nov 2025

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 0.84 away.
  • A sub-50 5×5 single — 713 people have one; it is 0.33 away.

Targets move as he improves.