People · Ukraine
Oleksii Melnyk (Олексій Мельник)
3×3 · top 5.3% of 284,439 all-time · competing since March 2018 · 2018MELN06
Oleksii Melnyk (Олексій Мельник) has been competing for 8 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 9.18, set at Victoria Gardens Kyiv 2026, puts him in the top 5.3% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 154th in Ukraine. Until February 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 4 competitions since March 2018, he has put 140 official solves on the record across eight events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, an early reading from 9 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 21.60 in March 2018 to 9.18, a 57% improvement. Oleksii has entered four competitions, more competitions than 78% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Ukraine | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 9.18 | 11.39 | top 5.3% | 154 / 2,868 | |
| 4×4 | 43.59 | 49.23 | top 16.5% | 143 / 867 | |
| Skewb | 4.88 | 6.71 | top 17.2% | 153 / 884 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 18.85 | 25.61 | top 17.4% | 151 / 755 | |
| 2×2 | 3.37 | 4.38 | top 18.6% | 348 / 1,894 | |
| 5×5 | 1:30.23 | 1:45.30 | top 27.5% | 138 / 425 | |
| Square-1 | 26.63 | 43.18 | top 42.7% | 128 / 302 | |
| Clock | 20.61 | — | early days — 1 solve | 224 / 347 |
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
- 27 Jun 2026First sub-10 3×3: 9.18 at Victoria Gardens Kyiv 2026.
- 27 Jun 2026Three personal bests in one day at Victoria Gardens Kyiv 2026.
- 15 Mar 2025First sub-20 3×3: 11.17 at Chernivtsi Open 2025.
- 15 Mar 2025First sub-15 3×3: 11.17 at Chernivtsi Open 2025.
- 15 Mar 2025Four personal bests in one day at Chernivtsi Open 2025.
- 24 Mar 2018First competition: Lviv Spring Days 2018. A 21.60 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Vinnytsia Open 2026 · 1 Aug 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Victoria Gardens Kyiv 2026 · 27 Jun 2026 — 3 personal bests set
- Chernivtsi Open 2025 · 15 Mar 2025 — 4 personal bests set
- Lviv Spring Days 2018 · 24 Mar 2018
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.
- Lev Golub (Лев Голуб) — met in 29 rounds, never finished ahead
- Stepan Kaplinskyi (Степан Каплінський) — met in 27 rounds, finished ahead 6 times
- Vladyslav Hryniuk (Владислав Гринюк) — met in 27 rounds, finished ahead twice
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.18 away.
- A sub-40 4×4 single — 10,180 people have one; it is 3.59 away.
Targets move as he improves.