People · Russia
Sergey Malyshev
3×3 · top 4.5% of 288,433 all-time · competing since May 2018 · 2018MALY05
Sergey Malyshev has been competing for 8 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.84, set at Seaside Solving Saturday 2022, puts him in the top 4.5% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 152nd in Russia. Until May 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 7 competitions since May 2018, he has put 182 official solves on the record across eleven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 17% around a typical one, an early reading from 9 counted rounds. That figure sets aside his 4 DNFs. His 3×3 best has come down from 27.52 in May 2018 to 8.84, a 68% improvement. Sergey has entered seven competitions, more competitions than 88% 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 | 8.84 | 10.28 | top 4.5% | 152 / 6,485 | |
| 2×2 | 2.80 | 4.96 | top 12.1% | 411 / 4,788 | |
| 4×4 | 45.54 | 52.02 | top 19.0% | 265 / 2,085 | |
| 5×5 | 1:28.96 | 1:36.91 | top 26.5% | 184 / 942 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 22.64 | 26.53 | top 27.8% | 444 / 1,772 | |
| Clock | 10.92 | 14.69 | top 29.6% | 141 / 715 | |
| 6×6 | 3:02.40 | 3:11.31 | early days — 3 solves | 119 / 343 | |
| Skewb | 9.32 | 15.67 | top 50.7% | 918 / 2,264 | |
| 3×3 Fewest Moves | 41 moves | — | top 51.9% | 160 / 367 | |
| Pyraminx | 9.89 | 14.26 | top 52.2% | 1,934 / 3,784 | |
| Megaminx | 3:13.39 | — | early days — 3 solves | 666 / 999 |
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
- 9 Apr 2022First sub-10 3×3: 9.57 at Seaside Solving Saturday 2022.
- 9 Apr 2022Six personal bests in one day at Seaside Solving Saturday 2022.
- 3 Nov 2018Five personal bests in one day at Welcome to Academy 2018.
- 29 Sep 2018First sub-15 3×3: 14.47 at Speedcubes Fest in SPB 2018.
- 29 Sep 2018Four personal bests in one day at Speedcubes Fest in SPB 2018.
- 4 Aug 2018First sub-20 3×3: 17.89 at SPB Summer 2018.
Competitions
- UCD Cube Days 2024 · 13 Apr 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Seaside Solving Saturday 2022 · 9 Apr 2022 — 6 personal bests set
- YJ Petersburg Special 2019 · 20 Apr 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Welcome to Academy 2018 · 3 Nov 2018 — 5 personal bests set
- Speedcubes Fest in SPB 2018 · 29 Sep 2018 — 4 personal bests set
- SPB Summer 2018 · 4 Aug 2018 — 1 personal best set
- SPB Island 2018 · 12 May 2018
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.
- Evgeniy Mazhara — met in 30 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
- Pavel Galaktionov — met in 30 rounds, never finished ahead
- Vadim Andreev — met in 29 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 8,101 people have one; it is 0.84 away.
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 9,039 people have one; it is 0.80 away.
Targets move as he improves.