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Semen Artyukhov

Skewb · top 0.66% of 73,281 all-time · competing since January 2018 · 2018ARTY01

Semen Artyukhov has been competing for 9 years. His best event is the Skewb: a personal-best single of 1.66, set at Welcome to Murmansk 2019, puts him in the top 0.66% of the 73,281 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 7th in Russia. Until October 2015, no official Skewb solve in the world had been that fast. Across 11 competitions since January 2018, he has put 657 official solves on the record across 13 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 68% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 19.05 in January 2018 to 7.68, a 60% improvement. Semen has entered eleven competitions, more competitions than 93% of everyone who has ever competed.

Skewb
best event — top 0.66% of 73,281 all-time
1.66
signature single · Welcome to Murmansk 2019
657
official solves on the record
14%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 68% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingRussia
Skewb1.663.17
top 0.66%7 / 2,264
3×37.689.77
top 2.2%66 / 6,475
2×21.973.60
top 4.5%142 / 4,782
3×3 one-handed13.2215.81
top 4.7%58 / 1,770
Pyraminx3.514.98
top 5.5%137 / 3,777
4×434.0238.20
top 5.9%58 / 2,080
5×51:05.371:10.83
top 8.6%44 / 941
6×61:54.701:59.58
top 8.9%19 / 343
Megaminx59.801:06.94
top 9.9%57 / 998
7×73:15.653:22.69
top 15.0%26 / 270
Clock9.5715.14
top 23.0%105 / 714
3×3 Fewest Moves38 moves
early days — 3 solves124 / 366
Square-126.1232.06
top 41.7%239 / 759

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 Winter Cubing 2018: 19.05Svetlye Gory Open 2018: 11.77MPEI Open 2018: 10.52CCC Open Moscow 2019: 10.41Welcome to Murmansk 2019: 10.63YJ Fest Moscow 2019: 9.05Finnish Championship 2019: 10.74CCC Qualification Murmansk 2019: 9.80CCC Qualification SPB 2020: 9.36Severodvinsk Cup 2020: 7.687.6819.054 Jan 20188 Feb 2020

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-1 Skewb single — 35 people have one; it is 0.66 away.
  • A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 1.68 away.

Targets move as he improves.