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Mykola Trotsenko (Микола Троценко)

Skewb · top 4.5% of 73,281 all-time · competing since February 2014 · 2014TROT01

Mykola Trotsenko (Микола Троценко) has been competing for 13 years. His best event is the Skewb: a personal-best single of 2.90, set at Slavonic Gymnasium Open 2016, puts him in the top 4.5% of the 73,281 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 35th in Ukraine. Until February 2014, no official Skewb solve in the world had been that fast. Across 39 competitions since February 2014, he has put 1,478 official solves on the record across 13 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one; 56% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 59.21 in February 2014 to 10.05, an 83% improvement. Mykola has entered 39 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.

Skewb
best event — top 4.5% of 73,281 all-time
2.90
signature single · Slavonic Gymnasium Open 2016
1,478
official solves on the record
13%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 56% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUkraine
Skewb2.904.87
top 4.5%35 / 884
3×310.0513.73
top 7.6%207 / 2,868
3×3 Fewest Moves28 moves37.33
top 9.9%27 / 222
Pyraminx4.886.79
top 12.4%214 / 1,471
2×22.854.59
top 12.6%220 / 1,894
3×3 one-handed19.2525.45
top 18.5%159 / 755
4×452.8059.26
top 28.1%246 / 867
Clock11.4715.03
top 32.4%111 / 347
Megaminx1:46.952:22.63
top 38.7%150 / 424
5×51:45.642:04.48
top 39.7%184 / 425
Square-133.4347.21
top 55.8%170 / 302
6×64:56.80—
early days — 2 solves142 / 169
7×77:43.68—
early days — 1 solve123 / 135

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

Kharkiv Open 2014: 59.21Kharkiv Special 2014: 32.65Beit Dan Open 2014: 27.90Kharkiv Winter 2014: 23.24Kharkiv Special 2015: 19.93Dnepr Cube Day 2015: 18.48Kharkiv Cube Day 2015: 14.70Dnepr Skips 2015: 17.31Beit Dan Open 2015: 16.11Kharkiv Special 2016: 13.37Lviv Spring Days 2016: 14.41Slavonic Gymnasium Open 2016: 13.82Cowboys Summer 2016: 13.24Kharkiv Cube Day 2016: 13.13Just Lviv It 2017: 13.44Fresh Cube 2017: 13.29Ukrainian Nationals 2017: 12.55Kharkiv Cube Day 2017: 14.01Dnepr Skips 2017: 11.37Lviv Cube Cup 2017: 12.44Kharkiv Winter 2017: 14.45Dnepr Never Fails 2018: 11.64Cube Star 2018: 13.19Lviv Spring Days 2018: 11.54Ukrainian Open 2018: 13.68White City Cubing 2018: 12.42Uzhgorod Summer 2018: 11.99Mariupol Open 2018: 11.84Kharkiv Open 2018: 13.66Zhytomyr Open 2018: 14.15Belgorod Open 2018: 13.21Ukrainian Nationals 2018: 10.05MPEI Open 2019: 15.3310.0559.211 Feb 201422 Nov 2019

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-2 Skewb single — 1,013 people have one; it is 0.90 away.
  • A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 0.05 away.

Targets move as he improves.