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Maxim Kuznetsov

3×3 · top 70.3% of 284,439 all-time · competing since November 2009 · 2009KUZN01

Maxim Kuznetsov has been competing for 17 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 34.86, set at Berkeley Winter 2010, puts him in the top 70.3% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 42,513th in the United States. Across 4 competitions since November 2009, he has put 51 official solves on the record across four events. His Pyraminx best has come down from 25.81 in November 2009 to 19.46, a 25% improvement. Maxim has entered four competitions, more competitions than 78% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 70.3% of 284,439 all-time
34.86
signature single · Berkeley Winter 2010
51
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×334.8642.36
top 70.3%42,513 / 59,724
2×210.5515.27
top 80.0%33,186 / 40,951
Pyraminx19.4628.54
top 92.2%27,005 / 28,708
3×3 one-handed2:16.552:34.85
top 98.8%15,509 / 15,683

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

Berkeley Fall competition 2009: 25.81Stanford Fall competition 2009: 19.46Berkeley Winter 2010: 25.50EPGY Stanford Winter 2010: 32.0319.4632.0314 Nov 200913 Feb 2010

Best single per competition, Pyraminx. 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.

  • Vincent Sheu — met in 11 rounds, never finished ahead
  • Connie Chen — met in 11 rounds, never finished ahead
  • Ryan Jew — met in 11 rounds, never finished ahead

Next targets

  • A sub-30 3×3 single — 177,856 people have one; it is 4.86 away.
  • A sub-10 2×2 single — 145,545 people have one; it is 0.55 away.

Targets move as he improves.