People · Russia
Semyon Kirsta (Семён Кирста)
3×3 blindfolded · top 4.4% of 12,334 all-time · competing since March 2019 · 2019KIRS03
Semyon Kirsta (Семён Кирста) has been competing for 8 years. His best event is the 3×3 blindfolded: a personal-best single of 30.94, set at Help Danelia Cubing Kazakhstan 2026, puts him in the top 4.4% of the 12,334 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 8th in Russia. Until April 2010, no official 3×3 blindfolded solve in the world had been that fast. Across 4 competitions since March 2019, he has put 97 official solves on the record across nine events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 17% around a typical one, an early reading from 6 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 17.29 in August 2019 to 11.04, a 36% improvement. Semyon 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 | Russia | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 blindfolded | 30.94 | — | top 4.4% | 8 / 310 | |
| 3×3 | 11.04 | 13.27 | top 10.7% | 442 / 6,485 | |
| 5×5 | 1:13.62 | 1:22.51 | top 14.4% | 84 / 942 | |
| 4×4 | 43.16 | 47.53 | top 16.0% | 222 / 2,085 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 19.55 | 25.84 | top 19.4% | 296 / 1,772 | |
| 2×2 | 4.43 | 6.11 | top 32.1% | 1,281 / 4,788 | |
| Pyraminx | 10.33 | 13.63 | top 55.6% | 2,093 / 3,784 | |
| 6×6 | 3:52.87 | — | early days — 1 solve | 186 / 343 | |
| Clock | 36.17 | — | early days — 2 solves | 613 / 715 |
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
- 14 Mar 2026Eight personal bests in one day at Help Danelia Cubing Kazakhstan 2026.
- 4 Jan 2020First sub-15 3×3: 14.57 at CCC Qualification Kazan 2020.
- 4 Jan 2020Three personal bests in one day at CCC Qualification Kazan 2020.
- 9 Mar 2019First competition: Saratov Special 2019.
Competitions
- Help Danelia Cubing Kazakhstan 2026 · 14 Mar 2026 — 8 personal bests set
- CCC Qualification Kazan 2020 · 4 Jan 2020 — 3 personal bests set
- CCC Qualification Saratov 2019 · 24 Aug 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Saratov Special 2019 · 9 Mar 2019 — 1 personal best set
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.
- Farid Mikhailov — met in 16 rounds, never finished ahead
- Alexander Bashutkin — met in 13 rounds, finished ahead once
- Alexey Zharikov — met in 13 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-30 3×3 blindfolded single — 511 people have one; it is 0.94 away.
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,606 people have one; it is 1.04 away.
Targets move as he improves.