People · Belarus
Sergey Novik
Pyraminx · top 3.3% of 129,321 all-time · competing since April 2014 · 2014NOVI01
Sergey Novik has been competing for 12 years. His best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 2.90, set at Minsk Winter 2015, puts him in the top 3.3% of the 129,321 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 11th in Belarus. Until February 2008, no official Pyraminx solve in the world had been that fast. Across 18 competitions since April 2014, he has put 653 official solves on the record across eight events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 16% around a typical one; 94% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His Pyraminx best has come down from 14.71 in April 2014 to 2.90, an 80% improvement. Sergey has entered 18 competitions, more competitions than 96% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Belarus | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pyraminx | 2.90 | 4.15 | top 3.3% | 11 / 413 | |
| Clock | 8.76 | 10.21 | top 18.8% | 6 / 57 | |
| 2×2 | 4.44 | 6.40 | top 32.2% | 152 / 532 | |
| 3×3 | 17.75 | 22.14 | top 33.3% | 207 / 748 | |
| Skewb | 7.15 | 10.46 | top 34.8% | 81 / 253 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 29.80 | 37.68 | top 46.2% | 85 / 193 | |
| 3×3 Fewest Moves | 43 moves | — | early days — 1 solve | 47 / 71 | |
| 4×4 | 1:25.46 | 1:51.35 | top 60.2% | 117 / 214 |
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, Pyraminx. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 2 May 2015Four personal bests in one day at BSTU Open 2015.
- 4 Apr 2015Four personal bests in one day at Pruzhany Cube Day 2015.
- 28 Feb 2015Three personal bests in one day at Dvina 3.0 2015.
- 31 Jan 2015First sub-20 3×3: 18.11 at Winter West Ukraine 2015.
- 31 Jan 2015Three personal bests in one day at Winter West Ukraine 2015.
- 27 Dec 2014Five personal bests in one day at Minsk Winter 2014.
Competitions
- Spring Cube In Minsk 2018 · 30 Mar 2018 — 1 personal best set
- FMC Europe 2017 · 1 Apr 2017
- Minsk Winter 2016 · 24 Dec 2016
- Full Steps in Brest 2016 · 6 Aug 2016 — 1 personal best set
- VSU Open 2016 · 26 Mar 2016
- Minsk Winter 2015 · 26 Dec 2015 — 2 personal bests set
- Dvina Open 2015 · 22 Aug 2015
- Skips in Brest 2015 · 25 Jul 2015 — 2 personal bests set
- BSTU Open 2015 · 2 May 2015 — 4 personal bests set
- Pruzhany Cube Day 2015 · 4 Apr 2015 — 4 personal bests set
- Dvina 3.0 2015 · 28 Feb 2015 — 3 personal bests set
- Winter West Ukraine 2015 · 31 Jan 2015 — 3 personal bests set
- Minsk Winter 2014 · 27 Dec 2014 — 5 personal bests set
- OktoberBrest 2014 · 17 Oct 2014 — 5 personal bests set
- Dvina One-Handed Edition 2014 · 27 Sep 2014 — 2 personal bests set
- Cubing Fest 2014 · 23 Aug 2014 — 6 personal bests set
- Dvina Open 2014 · 19 Jul 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.
- Vladislav Kaminskiy — met in 126 rounds, finished ahead 38 times
- Nikita Loika — met in 120 rounds, finished ahead 23 times
- Ilya Zabrodsky — met in 119 rounds, finished ahead 39 times
Next targets
- A sub-2 Pyraminx single — 1,476 people have one; it is 0.90 away.
- A sub-8 Clock single — 4,877 people have one; it is 0.76 away.
Targets move as he improves.