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Mikhail Sartakov

3×3 · top 4.4% of 284,439 all-time · competing since October 2017 · 2017SART01

Mikhail Sartakov has been competing for 9 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.80, set at Novosibirsk Planetarium Open 2019, puts him in the top 4.4% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 148th in Russia. Until May 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 8 competitions since October 2017, he has put 335 official solves on the record across eleven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 67% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 52.79 in October 2017 to 8.80, an 83% improvement. Mikhail has entered eight competitions, more competitions than 90% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 4.4% of 284,439 all-time
8.80
signature single · Novosibirsk Planetarium Open 2019
335
official solves on the record
12%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 67% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingRussia
3×38.8010.15
top 4.4%148 / 6,475
4×439.6747.72
top 11.7%160 / 2,080
Pyraminx4.908.22
top 12.6%366 / 3,777
2×22.954.04
top 13.7%481 / 4,782
3×3 one-handed17.5220.71
top 13.9%205 / 1,770
Clock8.208.90
top 16.2%77 / 714
5×51:20.821:31.90
top 19.8%129 / 941
Skewb5.707.92
top 23.4%376 / 2,264
Square-126.6336.08
top 42.7%248 / 759
Megaminx3:01.62
early days — 2 solves615 / 998
7×76:34.40
early days — 1 solve180 / 270

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

Barnaul Open 2017: 52.79Novosibirsk Planetarium Open 2018: 14.08YJ Fest Siberia 2019: 10.92Kemerovo Open 2019: 9.60Novosibirsk Planetarium Open 2019: 8.80NSK Cubing Fest 2019: 9.50Siberia Open 2020: 9.24Barnaul Open 2021: 9.438.8052.7914 Oct 201715 May 2021

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 0.80 away.
  • A sub-30 4×4 single — 2,388 people have one; it is 9.67 away.

Targets move as he improves.