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Mihail Petrochenkov

3×3 · top 3.7% of 284,439 all-time · competing since April 2017 · 2017PETR02

Mihail Petrochenkov has been competing for 9 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.47, set at Delmenhorst Dreht Durch 2025, puts him in the top 3.7% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 117th in Russia. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 15 competitions since April 2017, he has put 935 official solves on the record across 17 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 69% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 20.22 in April 2017 to 8.47, a 58% improvement. Mihail has entered 15 competitions, more competitions than 95% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 3.7% of 284,439 all-time
8.47
signature single · Delmenhorst Dreht Durch 2025
935
official solves on the record
12%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 69% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingRussia
3×38.4711.66
top 3.7%117 / 6,475
3×3 one-handed12.8418.99
top 4.2%50 / 1,770
5×558.011:07.93
top 4.6%20 / 941
6×61:46.572:01.53
top 6.0%10 / 343
4×434.2442.27
top 6.1%61 / 2,080
7×72:59.063:13.06
top 10.4%17 / 270
Megaminx1:08.401:26.21
top 14.7%79 / 998
2×23.274.13
top 17.4%655 / 4,782
3×3 blindfolded1:15.051:48.27
top 17.9%36 / 310
Skewb5.046.83
top 18.5%282 / 2,264
Pyraminx6.629.66
top 24.8%846 / 3,777
3×3 Multi-Blind8 of 9 cubes · 54:03
top 28.3%24 / 98
3×3 Fewest Moves35 moves35.67
top 30.0%86 / 366
Square-122.8539.30
top 34.4%181 / 759
4×4 blindfolded9:43.63
top 56.1%24 / 36
5×5 blindfolded19:41.00
top 58.8%16 / 23
Clock19.6125.21
top 63.5%381 / 714

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

SPB Easter Open 2017: 20.22Welcome to Saratov 2017: 17.48Svetlye Gory Open 2017: 15.16SPB Championship 2017: 11.04Muffin Winter 2017: 13.69CFCTC Open 2018: 13.19SPB Island 2018: 10.96SPB Summer 2018: 10.90Speedcubes Fest in SPB 2018: 9.85SPB Muffin Winter 2019: 11.57Swiss Nationals 2025: 9.82Rhein-Sieg Open 2025: 9.90Delmenhorst Dreht Durch 2025: 8.47c't Open Hannover 2025: 9.68Bremium Cubing 2026: 10.468.4720.2215 Apr 201720 Mar 2026

Best single per competition, 3×3. 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.

Next targets

  • A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.47 away.
  • A sub-12 3×3 one-handed single — 2,187 people have one; it is 0.84 away.

Targets move as he improves.