People · Belarus
Sergey Melnik
Clock · top 15.6% of 32,048 all-time · competing since April 2014 · 2014MELN01
Sergey Melnik has been competing for 12 years. His best event is the Clock: a personal-best single of 8.09, set at Skips in Brest 2015, puts him in the top 15.6% of the 32,048 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 4th in Belarus. Across 7 competitions since April 2014, he has put 212 official solves on the record across eleven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 69% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 29.45 in April 2014 to 13.18, a 55% 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 | Belarus | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clock | 8.09 | 9.35 | top 15.6% | 4 / 57 | |
| 3×3 | 13.18 | 15.08 | top 18.1% | 94 / 748 | |
| 2×2 | 4.76 | 6.74 | top 36.3% | 179 / 532 | |
| 4×4 | 1:01.93 | 1:12.12 | top 38.6% | 67 / 214 | |
| Skewb | 7.90 | 11.91 | top 40.5% | 94 / 253 | |
| Pyraminx | 8.96 | 12.43 | top 44.4% | 184 / 413 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 40.08 | 54.54 | top 65.4% | 128 / 193 | |
| 5×5 | 2:52.84 | 3:08.11 | top 75.7% | 69 / 92 | |
| 3×3 Fewest Moves | 54 moves | 59.67 | top 87.2% | 67 / 71 | |
| Square-1 | 1:07.65 | — | early days — 1 solve | 57 / 70 | |
| Megaminx | 3:53.29 | — | early days — 2 solves | 102 / 121 |
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
- 25 Jul 2015Four personal bests in one day at Skips in Brest 2015.
- 4 Apr 2015First sub-15 3×3: 14.25 at Pruzhany Cube Day 2015.
- 4 Apr 2015Five personal bests in one day at Pruzhany Cube Day 2015.
- 27 Dec 2014First sub-20 3×3: 18.21 at Minsk Winter 2014.
- 27 Dec 2014Five personal bests in one day at Minsk Winter 2014.
- 17 Oct 2014Four personal bests in one day at OktoberBrest 2014.
Competitions
- Black Pawn in Brest 2020 · 7 Nov 2020 — 2 personal bests set
- Black Pawn in Brest 2019 · 2 Nov 2019
- Skips in Brest 2015 · 25 Jul 2015 — 4 personal bests set
- Pruzhany Cube Day 2015 · 4 Apr 2015 — 5 personal bests set
- Minsk Winter 2014 · 27 Dec 2014 — 5 personal bests set
- OktoberBrest 2014 · 17 Oct 2014 — 4 personal bests set
- Didas Brest 2014 · 26 Apr 2014
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.
- Pavel Yushkevich — met in 46 rounds, finished ahead 5 times
- Vladislav Kaminskiy — met in 45 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
- Ilya Tsiareshka — met in 42 rounds, finished ahead 12 times
Next targets
- A sub-8 Clock single — 4,877 people have one; it is 0.09 away.
- A sub-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 1.18 away.
Targets move as he improves.