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Mark Polinkovsky (Марк Полинковский)
3×3 · top 76.2% of 284,439 all-time · competing since January 2004 · 2004POLI01
Mark Polinkovsky (Марк Полинковский) has been competing for 23 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 39.40, set at UCSD competition 2008, puts him in the top 76.2% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 46,452nd in the United States. Across 13 competitions since January 2004, he has put 67 official solves on the record across three events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 18% around a typical one; 97% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 1:07.66 in January 2004 to 39.40, a 42% improvement. Mark has entered 13 competitions, more competitions than 94% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 39.40 | 45.44 | top 76.2% | 46,452 / 59,724 | |
| 3×3 blindfolded | 7:11.37 | — | early days — 3 solves | 1,927 / 2,092 | |
| 2×2 | 23.30 | — | early days — 2 solves | 40,151 / 40,951 |
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
- 16 Oct 2004First sub-60 3×3: 52.37 at Caltech Fall competition 2004.
- 24 Jan 2004First competition: Caltech Winter competition 2004. A 1:07.66 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- UCSD Summer competition 2008 · 12 Jul 2008
- UCSD competition 2008 · 27 Jan 2008 — 1 personal best set
- US Open 2007 · 16 Jun 2007
- San Diego competition 2007 · 26 May 2007
- Caltech Discovery Spring competition 2007 · 5 May 2007
- Caltech Fall competition 2006 · 11 Nov 2006 — 1 personal best set
- US Nationals 2006 · 4 Aug 2006 — 1 personal best set
- San Diego competition 2006 · 27 May 2006
- Caltech Spring competition 2006 · 15 Apr 2006 — 1 personal best set
- Rubik's World Championship 2005 · 5 Nov 2005
- Caltech Fall competition 2005 · 22 Oct 2005 — 1 personal best set
- Caltech Fall competition 2004 · 16 Oct 2004 — 1 personal best set
- Caltech Winter competition 2004 · 24 Jan 2004
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.
- Leyan Lo — met in 19 rounds, never finished ahead
- Shelley Chang — met in 16 rounds, never finished ahead
- Adam Zamora — met in 15 rounds, finished ahead twice
Next targets
- A sub-30 3×3 single — 177,856 people have one; it is 9.40 away.
- A sub-5:00 3×3 blindfolded single — 9,682 people have one; it is 2:11.37 away.
Targets move as he improves.