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Mikhail Denisov (Михаил Денисов)

2×2 · top 8.9% of 186,767 all-time · competing since July 2018 · 2018DENI03

Mikhail Denisov (Михаил Денисов) has been competing for 8 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.50, set at Kursk Open 2019, puts him in the top 8.9% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 289th in Russia. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 6 competitions since July 2018, he has put 168 official solves on the record across five events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one; 52% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 20.79 in July 2018 to 11.13, a 46% improvement. Mikhail has entered six competitions, more competitions than 86% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 8.9% of 186,767 all-time
2.50
signature single · Kursk Open 2019
168
official solves on the record
13%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 52% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingRussia
2×22.505.37
top 8.9%289 / 4,782
Pyraminx4.326.39
top 9.3%250 / 3,777
3×311.1315.83
top 10.9%455 / 6,475
Skewb5.839.88
top 24.4%387 / 2,264
Clock17.86
top 58.3%339 / 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

White City Cubing 2018: 20.79Kursk Open 2018: 23.02Voronezh Open 2019: 16.31White City Cubing 2019: 16.52Kursk Open 2019: 16.01Belgorod Open 2019: 11.1311.1323.027 Jul 201812 Oct 2019

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-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.50 away.
  • A sub-4 Pyraminx single — 9,892 people have one; it is 0.32 away.

Targets move as he improves.