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Oleksii Padalko (Олексій Падалко)

3×3 · top 4.2% of 284,439 all-time · competing since April 2012 · 2012PADA01

Oleksii Padalko (Олексій Падалко) has been competing for 14 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.69, set at Ukrainian Open 2015, puts him in the top 4.2% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 118th in Ukraine. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 11 competitions since April 2012, he has put 401 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 72% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 24.36 in April 2012 to 8.69, a 64% improvement. Oleksii has entered eleven competitions, more competitions than 93% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 4.2% of 284,439 all-time
8.69
signature single · Ukrainian Open 2015
401
official solves on the record
14%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 72% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUkraine
3×38.699.36
top 4.2%118 / 2,868
Pyraminx3.698.05
top 6.2%115 / 1,471
2×22.504.90
top 8.9%157 / 1,894
3×3 one-handed19.7122.62
top 19.7%170 / 755
4×449.311:00.40
top 23.9%206 / 867
3×3 Fewest Moves37 moves
top 37.3%86 / 222
3×3 blindfolded3:45.08
early days — 1 solve110 / 177

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

Ukraine Open 2012: 24.36Kharkiv Winter 2012: 12.36Ukrainian Open 2013: 10.10Kharkiv Cube Day 2013: 10.28NULAU Kharkiv Winter 2013: 9.56Dnepr Cube Day 2014: 8.88Ukrainian Nationals 2014: 9.75Dnepr Cube Day 2015: 9.41Ukrainian Open 2015: 8.69Slavonic Gymnasium Open 2016: 9.198.6924.3621 Apr 201221 May 2016

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 0.69 away.
  • A sub-3 Pyraminx single — 4,700 people have one; it is 0.69 away.

Targets move as he improves.