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Rafael Fesenko
3×3 · top 3.4% of 284,439 all-time · competing since March 2022 · 2022FESE01
Rafael Fesenko has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.34, set at SacCubing XX 2025, puts him in the top 3.4% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,929th in the United States. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 9 competitions since March 2022, he has put 183 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one; 83% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. That figure sets aside his 8 DNFs. His 3×3 best has come down from 18.72 in March 2022 to 8.34, a 55% improvement. Rafael has entered nine competitions, more competitions than 91% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 8.34 | 9.53 | top 3.4% | 1,929 / 59,724 | |
| Pyraminx | 2.98 | 4.89 | top 3.6% | 946 / 28,708 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 20.86 | 27.33 | top 22.9% | 2,933 / 15,683 | |
| 2×2 | 3.89 | 4.74 | top 25.1% | 9,844 / 40,951 | |
| 4×4 | 52.15 | — | early days — 2 solves | 4,217 / 19,072 | |
| 5×5 | 1:30.83 | 1:40.18 | top 28.0% | 2,198 / 9,401 | |
| 6×6 | 3:29.24 | 3:57.14 | early days — 3 solves | 2,053 / 4,196 |
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
- 20 May 2023First sub-10 3×3: 9.07 at SacCubing XIV 2023.
- 20 Aug 2022Three personal bests in one day at SacCubing XII 2022.
- 11 Jun 2022First sub-15 3×3: 13.93 at Berkeley Summer 2022.
- 27 Mar 2022First competition: SacCubing XI 2022. A 18.72 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- SacCubing XX 2025 · 18 May 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- SacCubing XV 2023 · 17 Sep 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Bay Area Speedcubin' 50 - Berkeley 2023 · 6 Aug 2023
- SacCubing XIV 2023 · 20 May 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Berkeley Winter A 2023 · 21 Jan 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- SacCubing XIII 2023 · 14 Jan 2023 — 1 personal best set
- SacCubing XII 2022 · 20 Aug 2022 — 3 personal bests set
- Berkeley Summer 2022 · 11 Jun 2022 — 2 personal bests set
- SacCubing XI 2022 · 27 Mar 2022
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.
- Tyler Howlett — met in 33 rounds, never finished ahead
- Varun Mohanraj — met in 32 rounds, never finished ahead
- Jaidon Poraminthara Lin (เจเดิ้น ปรมินทร์ หลิน) — met in 31 rounds, finished ahead 9 times
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.34 away.
- A sub-2 Pyraminx single — 1,476 people have one; it is 0.98 away.
Targets move as he improves.