People · Ukraine
Maksym Solodkyi (Максим Солодкий)
Pyraminx · top 8.6% of 129,321 all-time · competing since June 2023 · 2023KMAK01
Maksym Solodkyi (Максим Солодкий) has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 4.18, set at U24 Pyramania Open 2023, puts him in the top 8.6% of the 129,321 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 155th in Ukraine. Until September 2006, no official Pyraminx solve in the world had been that fast. Across 18 competitions since June 2023, he has put 662 official solves on the record across eleven 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 26.35 in June 2023 to 11.57, a 56% improvement. Maksym has entered 18 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 | Ukraine | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pyraminx | 4.18 | 6.15 | top 8.6% | 155 / 1,471 | |
| 2×2 | 2.64 | 3.66 | top 10.3% | 187 / 1,894 | |
| 3×3 | 11.57 | 14.39 | top 12.4% | 330 / 2,868 | |
| Clock | 10.37 | 20.74 | top 26.9% | 89 / 347 | |
| Skewb | 6.39 | 8.95 | top 28.8% | 239 / 884 | |
| Megaminx | 1:34.97 | 1:47.01 | top 31.3% | 120 / 424 | |
| Square-1 | 23.97 | 36.15 | top 36.8% | 116 / 302 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 26.89 | 31.05 | top 39.1% | 325 / 755 | |
| 4×4 | 1:02.67 | 1:12.05 | top 39.3% | 337 / 867 | |
| 5×5 | 2:16.15 | — | top 58.8% | 251 / 425 | |
| 3×3 Fewest Moves | 46 moves | — | early days — 3 solves | 146 / 222 |
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
- 25 Jan 2025First sub-15 3×3: 14.81 at U24 Tetiana Day Kyiv 2025.
- 17 Aug 2024First sub-20 3×3: 17.86 at Kyiv NxN Summer 2024.
- 29 Jun 2024Three personal bests in one day at Kyiv Side Events June 2024.
- 7 Apr 2024Five personal bests in one day at Kyiv Side Events l 2024.
- 24 Jun 2023First competition: Ukrainian Open 2023. A 26.35 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Vinnytsia Open 2026 · 1 Aug 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Victoria Gardens Lviv 2026 · 4 Jul 2026
- Victoria Gardens Kyiv 2026 · 27 Jun 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Twist 'N Turn Kyiv 2026 · 14 Jun 2026
- Ekvator Rivne Open 2026 · 23 May 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Kyiv NxN Spring 2026 · 16 May 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- River Mall Kyiv 2026 · 14 Mar 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Kyiv Blind Side Winter 2026 · 21 Feb 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Kyiv Blind Side Autumn 2025 · 29 Nov 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Kyiv NxN Summer 2025 · 16 Aug 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Kyiv Blind Side Summer 2025 · 19 Jul 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Kyiv Big & Blind Winter 2025 · 22 Feb 2025 — 1 personal best set
- U24 Tetiana Day Kyiv 2025 · 25 Jan 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Kyiv NxN Summer 2024 · 17 Aug 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Kyiv Side Events June 2024 · 29 Jun 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Kyiv Side Events l 2024 · 7 Apr 2024 — 5 personal bests set
- U24 Pyramania Open 2023 · 26 Aug 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Ukrainian Open 2023 · 24 Jun 2023
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.
- Lev Golub (Лев Голуб) — met in 147 rounds, never finished ahead
- Stepan Kaplinskyi (Степан Каплінський) — met in 125 rounds, finished ahead 16 times
- Yurii Riabov (Юрій Рябов) — met in 121 rounds, finished ahead 13 times
Next targets
- A sub-4 Pyraminx single — 9,892 people have one; it is 0.18 away.
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.64 away.
Targets move as he improves.