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Mikhail Rostovikov
3×3 Fewest Moves · top 8.0% of 12,294 all-time · competing since March 2009 · 2009ROST02
Mikhail Rostovikov has been competing for 18 years. His best event is the 3×3 Fewest Moves: a personal-best single of 27 moves, set at Moscow North-West Open 2011, puts him in the top 8.0% of the 12,294 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 15th in Russia. Across 21 competitions since March 2009, he has put 391 official solves on the record across nine events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, steadier than 86% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 19.04 in March 2009 to 12.61, a 34% 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 Fewest Moves | 27 moves | — | top 8.0% | 15 / 366 | |
| 2×2 | 3.08 | 6.01 | top 15.2% | 556 / 4,782 | |
| 3×3 | 12.61 | 15.58 | top 16.1% | 735 / 6,475 | |
| Pyraminx | 9.36 | 13.88 | top 47.9% | 1,772 / 3,777 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 40.96 | 46.02 | top 66.6% | 1,142 / 1,770 | |
| 4×4 | 1:59.11 | 2:07.95 | top 81.3% | 1,557 / 2,080 | |
| 3×3 blindfolded | 5:37.44 | — | top 84.2% | 242 / 310 | |
| 3×3 Multi-Blind | 1 of 2 cubes · 7:49 | — | early days — 2 solves | 91 / 98 | |
| 5×5 | 6:48.78 | — | early days — 2 solves | 944 / 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
Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 19 May 2012Three personal bests in one day at Ural Open 2012.
- 24 Apr 2010First sub-15 3×3: 14.50 at Russia Open 2010.
- 24 Apr 2010Three personal bests in one day at Russia Open 2010.
- 8 Mar 2009First competition: Moscow Open 2009. A 21.53 3×3 single to start from.
- 8 Mar 2009First sub-20 3×3: 19.04 at Moscow Open 2009.
Competitions
- Moscow Summer 2013 · 16 Jun 2013
- Ukrainian Open 2013 · 18 May 2013 — 1 personal best set
- Nelidovo Open 2013 · 30 Mar 2013
- Moscow North-West Open Winter 2013 · 3 Jan 2013
- Kharkiv Winter 2012 · 8 Dec 2012
- MPEI Open 2012 · 24 Nov 2012
- European Rubik's Cube Championship 2012 · 12 Oct 2012
- Moscow North-West Open 2012 · 11 Aug 2012 — 1 personal best set
- Ural Open 2012 · 19 May 2012 — 3 personal bests set
- Ukraine Open 2012 · 21 Apr 2012
- MPEI Open 2011 · 26 Nov 2011 — 2 personal bests set
- World Rubik's Cube Championship 2011 · 14 Oct 2011 — 1 personal best set
- Russia Open 2011 · 27 Aug 2011
- Moscow North-West Open 2011 · 23 Jul 2011 — 1 personal best set
- Kyiv Open 2011 · 14 May 2011 — 1 personal best set
- MPEI Open 2010 · 20 Nov 2010
- European Rubik's Cube Championship 2010 · 1 Oct 2010 — 1 personal best set
- Russia Open 2010 · 24 Apr 2010 — 3 personal bests set
- World Rubik's Cube Championship 2009 · 9 Oct 2009 — 1 personal best set
- Saint Petersburg Open 2009 · 29 Aug 2009 — 2 personal bests set
- Moscow Open 2009 · 8 Mar 2009 — 1 personal best set
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.
- Anton Rostovikov — met in 86 rounds, finished ahead 10 times
- Sergey Ryabko — met in 67 rounds, finished ahead 6 times
- Ivan Makachev — met in 61 rounds, finished ahead 11 times
Next targets
- A sub-3 2×2 single — 26,570 people have one; it is 0.08 away.
- A sub-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 0.61 away.
Targets move as he improves.