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Oleg Smetankin (Олег Сметанкин)

3×3 · top 37.4% of 284,439 all-time · competing since October 2018 · 2018SMET01

Oleg Smetankin (Олег Сметанкин) has been competing for 8 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 19.12, set at Ural Spring 2019, puts him in the top 37.4% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 2,014th in Russia. Across 2 competitions since October 2018, he has put 38 official solves on the record across five events. His 3×3 best has come down from 29.37 in October 2018 to 19.12, a 35% improvement. Oleg has entered two competitions.

3×3
best event — top 37.4% of 284,439 all-time
19.12
signature single · Ural Spring 2019
38
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingRussia
3×319.1221.06
top 37.4%2,014 / 6,475
2×26.016.63
top 51.0%2,179 / 4,782
Pyraminx11.3913.20
top 63.3%2,384 / 3,777
4×42:12.63
top 86.8%1,715 / 2,080
Skewb19.4421.36
top 88.8%1,932 / 2,264

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

Ural Autumn 2018: 29.37Ural Spring 2019: 19.1219.1229.3727 Oct 201818 May 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-15 3×3 single — 69,493 people have one; it is 4.12 away.
  • A sub-6 2×2 single — 95,042 people have one; it is 0.01 away.

Targets move as he improves.