People · Kazakhstan
Maxim Palchikov (Максим Пальчиков)
Pyraminx · top 12.6% of 129,321 all-time · competing since January 2019 · 2019PALC01
Maxim Palchikov (Максим Пальчиков) has been competing for 8 years. His best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 4.91, set at KSF Nur-Sultan City 2019, puts him in the top 12.6% of the 129,321 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 95th in Kazakhstan. Across 5 competitions since January 2019, he has put 98 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, an early reading from 7 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 20.06 in January 2019 to 16.01, a 20% improvement. Maxim has entered five competitions, more competitions than 83% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Kazakhstan | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pyraminx | 4.91 | 8.40 | top 12.6% | 95 / 803 | |
| 3×3 | 16.01 | 21.61 | top 27.8% | 329 / 1,315 | |
| Skewb | 7.89 | 15.54 | top 40.5% | 142 / 474 | |
| 2×2 | 5.14 | 7.01 | top 41.1% | 340 / 976 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 42.40 | 54.34 | top 68.6% | 231 / 330 | |
| Clock | 1:13.65 | — | early days — 2 solves | 131 / 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
Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 20 Jul 2019Three personal bests in one day at SCS1 Almaty Open Air 2019.
- 27 Apr 2019First sub-20 3×3: 18.38 at KSF Nur-Sultan City 2019.
- 27 Apr 2019Three personal bests in one day at KSF Nur-Sultan City 2019.
- 12 Jan 2019First competition: Almaty Winter Cube 2019. A 20.06 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Bay Area Speedcubin' 24 2020 · 15 Feb 2020
- SCS1 Almaty Open Air 2019 · 20 Jul 2019 — 3 personal bests set
- KSF Nur-Sultan City 2019 · 27 Apr 2019 — 3 personal bests set
- KSF Almaty City 2019 · 23 Mar 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- Almaty Winter Cube 2019 · 12 Jan 2019
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.
- Shyngys Sharapadin (Шынгыс Шарападин) — met in 19 rounds, finished ahead twice
- Zhantuar Zholdasov (Жантуар Жолдасов) — met in 19 rounds, never finished ahead
- Assylkhan Meirkhanov (Асылхан Мейрханов) — met in 19 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-4 Pyraminx single — 9,892 people have one; it is 0.91 away.
- A sub-15 3×3 single — 69,493 people have one; it is 1.01 away.
Targets move as he improves.