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Mikhail Kalashnikov (Михаил Калашников)

3×3 · top 7.4% of 284,439 all-time · competing since November 2018 · 2018KALA08

Mikhail Kalashnikov (Михаил Калашников) has been competing for 8 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 10.00, set at SPB Muffin 2020, puts him in the top 7.4% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 284th in Russia. Until May 2007, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 4 competitions since November 2018, he has put 186 official solves on the record across eight events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 10% around a typical one, an early reading from 9 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 14.85 in November 2018 to 10.00, a 33% improvement. Mikhail has entered four competitions, more competitions than 78% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 7.4% of 284,439 all-time
10.00
signature single · SPB Muffin 2020
186
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingRussia
3×310.0011.02
top 7.4%284 / 6,475
2×22.443.54
top 8.3%265 / 4,782
Pyraminx4.976.84
top 13.0%384 / 3,777
4×441.7549.53
top 14.2%204 / 2,080
Skewb4.958.94
top 17.7%268 / 2,264
3×3 one-handed19.8321.98
top 20.0%309 / 1,770
5×51:34.251:46.07
top 30.9%226 / 941
Megaminx1:59.202:13.94
top 45.2%316 / 998

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

Welcome to Academy 2018: 14.85Pskov Open 2019: 12.31Luga Open 2019: 10.97SPB Muffin 2020: 10.0010.0014.853 Nov 201814 Mar 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-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 2.00 away.
  • A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.44 away.

Targets move as he improves.