People · Russia
Mikhail Dmitriev
2×2 · top 1.2% of 189,179 all-time · competing since April 2025 · 2025DMIT01
Mikhail Dmitriev has been competing for a year. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.26, set at Legio Open 2026, puts him in the top 1.2% of the 189,179 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 48th in Russia. Until November 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 21 competitions since April 2025, he has put 874 official solves on the record across eleven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one; 60% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 21.84 in April 2025 to 8.94, a 59% improvement. Mikhail has entered 21 competitions, more competitions than 97% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Russia | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 1.26 | 2.56 | top 1.2% | 48 / 4,788 | |
| 3×3 | 8.94 | 10.87 | top 4.8% | 166 / 6,485 | |
| Pyraminx | 3.41 | 4.88 | top 5.1% | 124 / 3,784 | |
| Skewb | 3.10 | 5.95 | top 5.5% | 69 / 2,264 | |
| Clock | 6.68 | 7.70 | top 9.7% | 34 / 715 | |
| 4×4 | 44.32 | 47.66 | top 17.5% | 245 / 2,085 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 18.93 | 24.58 | top 17.7% | 266 / 1,772 | |
| Megaminx | 1:16.00 | 1:26.18 | top 19.3% | 108 / 999 | |
| Square-1 | 19.27 | 24.52 | top 26.3% | 133 / 760 | |
| 5×5 | 1:54.64 | 2:07.80 | top 45.9% | 369 / 942 | |
| 3×3 Fewest Moves | 60 moves | — | early days — 1 solve | 351 / 367 |
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
- 19 Sep 2026Three personal bests in one day at Legio Open 2026.
- 23 May 2026Three personal bests in one day at X-Madrid Open 2026.
- 22 Feb 2026Three personal bests in one day at Las Tablas Open 2026.
- 31 Jan 2026Three personal bests in one day at Alcobendas Virgen de la Paz Open 2026.
- 6 Dec 2025Seven personal bests in one day at Spanish Championship 2025.
- 26 Sep 2025First sub-10 3×3: 9.88 at Plaza Río 2 Open 2025.
Competitions
- Legio Open 2026 · 19 Sep 2026 — 3 personal bests set
- Villanueva Open 2026 · 12 Sep 2026
- UC3M Leganés Open 2026 · 6 Jun 2026 — 1 personal best set
- X-Madrid Open 2026 · 23 May 2026 — 3 personal bests set
- Móstoles Open 2026 · 9 May 2026
- Mirasierra Open 2026 · 25 Apr 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Getafe Open 2026 · 11 Apr 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Málaga Open 2026 · 28 Mar 2026
- URJC Open 2026 · 21 Mar 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Las Tablas Open 2026 · 22 Feb 2026 — 3 personal bests set
- Torrelodones Open 2026 · 21 Feb 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Alcobendas Virgen de la Paz Open 2026 · 31 Jan 2026 — 3 personal bests set
- Tarancón Open 2026 · 17 Jan 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Spanish Championship 2025 · 6 Dec 2025 — 7 personal bests set
- Chess & Cubes Madrid Miniopen 2025 · 18 Oct 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- FMC Iberian Championship 2025 · 18 Oct 2025
- Plaza Río 2 Open 2025 · 26 Sep 2025 — 8 personal bests set
- Villanueva Open 2025 · 12 Jul 2025 — 7 personal bests set
- Parla Open 2025 · 28 Jun 2025 — 7 personal bests set
- X-Madrid Open 2025 · 24 May 2025 — 5 personal bests set
- Getafe Open 2025 · 26 Apr 2025
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.
- Raúl Martínez Redondo — met in 156 rounds, finished ahead 8 times
- Mikel Pérez Iniesto — met in 150 rounds, finished ahead 12 times
- Miguel Ángel Meza — met in 145 rounds, finished ahead 105 times
Next targets
- A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,050 people have one; it is 0.26 away.
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 8,101 people have one; it is 0.94 away.
Targets move as he improves.