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Mikhail Arkhipov

3×3 · top 9.5% of 284,439 all-time · competing since March 2017 · 2017ARKH01

Mikhail Arkhipov has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 10.68, set at Udmurtia Open 2019, puts him in the top 9.5% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 382nd in Russia. Until August 2006, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 13 competitions since March 2017, he has put 855 official solves on the record across 13 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one; 56% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 18.78 in March 2017 to 10.68, a 43% improvement. Mikhail has entered 13 competitions, more competitions than 94% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 9.5% of 284,439 all-time
10.68
signature single · Udmurtia Open 2019
855
official solves on the record
13%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 56% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingRussia
3×310.6812.93
top 9.5%382 / 6,475
Square-113.0220.24
top 11.9%54 / 759
2×23.595.32
top 21.3%814 / 4,782
Pyraminx6.4311.12
top 23.3%778 / 3,777
4×448.9756.99
top 23.4%348 / 2,080
3×3 one-handed21.5427.45
top 24.7%399 / 1,770
5×51:35.751:53.70
top 32.1%241 / 941
Skewb7.7313.18
top 39.3%677 / 2,264
Clock16.5420.45
top 53.8%294 / 714
6×63:39.064:10.26
top 58.3%166 / 343
7×75:57.496:24.70
top 67.1%159 / 270
Megaminx2:44.052:58.07
top 67.7%534 / 998
3×3 Fewest Moves54 moves
early days — 3 solves322 / 366

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

Tatarstan Spring Open 2017: 18.78Welcome to Saratov 2017: 14.45Udmurtia Open 2017: 13.93Home is not DNF 2017: 11.29Chak-chak cubing in Kazan 2017: 12.83Saratov Winter Open 2017: 10.96Chak-chak cubing in Kazan 2018: 13.69One LY Cube 2018: 11.23Chelny Open 2018: 12.62Almet Open 2018: 12.66Sergach Winter 2019: 12.94Udmurtia Open 2019: 10.68CCC Qualification Kazan 2020: 13.2210.6818.7818 Mar 20174 Jan 2020

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-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 0.68 away.
  • A sub-12 Square-1 single — 2,502 people have one; it is 1.02 away.

Targets move as he improves.