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Mark Popov (Марк Попов)
3×3 · top 6.7% of 284,439 all-time · competing since February 2020 · 2020POPO02
Mark Popov (Марк Попов) has been competing for 7 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 9.74, set at Severodvinsk Cup 2020, puts him in the top 6.7% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 241st in Russia. Until November 2007, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 1 competition since February 2020, he has put 51 official solves on the record across six events.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Russia | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 9.74 | 11.64 | top 6.7% | 241 / 6,475 | |
| 2×2 | 3.86 | 6.14 | top 24.7% | 962 / 4,782 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 30.79 | 35.70 | top 48.4% | 813 / 1,770 | |
| Megaminx | 4:11.28 | 4:31.21 | top 91.7% | 867 / 998 | |
| Pyraminx | 19.95 | 23.97 | top 92.8% | 3,556 / 3,777 | |
| 3×3 blindfolded | 7:27.42 | — | early days — 1 solve | 280 / 310 |
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 story so far
- 8 Feb 2020First competition: Severodvinsk Cup 2020. A 12.14 3×3 single to start from.
- 8 Feb 2020First sub-10 3×3: 9.74 at Severodvinsk Cup 2020.
- 8 Feb 2020Three personal bests in one day at Severodvinsk Cup 2020.
Competitions
- Severodvinsk Cup 2020 · 8 Feb 2020 — 3 personal bests set
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.
- Vyacheslav Sizov — met in 11 rounds, finished ahead 5 times
- Semen Artyukhov — met in 11 rounds, finished ahead once
- Aleksandra Lukianova (Александра Лукьянова) — met in 10 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.74 away.
- A sub-3 2×2 single — 26,570 people have one; it is 0.86 away.
Targets move as he improves.