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Mikhail Malinowski

3×3 · top 3.4% of 284,439 all-time · competing since December 2017 · 2017MALI08

Mikhail Malinowski has been competing for 9 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.33, set at Nizhny Novgorod Spring Open 2019, puts him in the top 3.4% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 108th in Russia. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 5 competitions since December 2017, he has put 222 official solves on the record across nine events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 9% around a typical one, steadier than 99% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 19.13 in December 2017 to 8.33, a 56% improvement. Mikhail has entered five competitions, more competitions than 83% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 3.4% of 284,439 all-time
8.33
signature single · Nizhny Novgorod Spring Open 2019
222
official solves on the record
9%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 99% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingRussia
3×38.3311.29
top 3.4%108 / 6,475
Skewb2.965.60
top 4.8%57 / 2,264
2×23.154.50
top 16.0%589 / 4,782
3×3 one-handed18.4119.44
top 16.2%239 / 1,770
Pyraminx5.537.46
top 16.6%535 / 3,777
Megaminx1:42.022:06.54
top 35.8%223 / 998
Square-126.5432.63
top 42.5%243 / 759
4×41:07.271:13.52
top 44.2%757 / 2,080
5×52:57.753:12.65
top 77.3%684 / 941

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

Saratov Winter Open 2017: 19.13Svetlye Gory Open 2018: 13.61Sergach Winter 2019: 9.81Nizhny Novgorod Spring Open 2019: 8.33Volga Nizhny Novgorod 2020: 9.818.3319.139 Dec 201729 Feb 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 0.33 away.
  • A sub-2 Skewb single — 1,013 people have one; it is 0.96 away.

Targets move as he improves.