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Roman Markin

3×3 · top 31.0% of 284,439 all-time · competing since July 2011 · 2011MARK02

Roman Markin has been competing for 15 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 17.00, set at Saint Petersburg Open 2013, puts him in the top 31.0% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,618th in Russia. Across 10 competitions since July 2011, he has put 132 official solves on the record across four events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 64% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 30.40 in July 2011 to 17.00, a 44% improvement. Roman has entered ten competitions, more competitions than 92% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 31.0% of 284,439 all-time
17.00
signature single · Saint Petersburg Open 2013
132
official solves on the record
12%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 64% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingRussia
3×317.0022.13
top 31.0%1,618 / 6,475
2×24.639.10
top 34.6%1,391 / 4,782
3×3 one-handed29.7835.25
top 46.1%769 / 1,770
4×43:04.40
early days — 1 solve1,993 / 2,080

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

Moscow North-West Open 2011: 30.40Russia Open 2011: 29.08MPEI Open 2011: 27.59Ukraine Open 2012: 19.78Moscow North-West Open 2012: 19.38MPEI Open 2012: 20.40Moscow North-West Open Winter 2013: 21.77Nelidovo Open 2013: 17.88Saint Petersburg Open 2013: 17.00MPEI Open 2013: 18.1917.0030.4023 Jul 201123 Nov 2013

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 2.00 away.
  • A sub-4 2×2 single — 49,452 people have one; it is 0.63 away.

Targets move as he improves.