People · Russia
Sergey Shmakov
3×3 · top 5.5% of 284,439 all-time · competing since March 2009 · 2009SHMA01
Sergey Shmakov has been competing for 18 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 9.25, set at Ural Winter 2014, puts him in the top 5.5% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 192nd in Russia. Until February 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 12 competitions since March 2009, he has put 626 official solves on the record across eleven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, steadier than 85% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 18.11 in March 2009 to 9.25, a 49% improvement. Sergey has entered twelve competitions, more competitions than 94% 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 | 9.25 | 10.51 | top 5.5% | 192 / 6,475 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 14.06 | 18.64 | top 6.2% | 89 / 1,770 | |
| 2×2 | 2.61 | 3.74 | top 10.0% | 333 / 4,782 | |
| 4×4 | 40.09 | 46.15 | top 12.2% | 170 / 2,080 | |
| 5×5 | 1:15.96 | 1:25.92 | top 16.1% | 100 / 941 | |
| Megaminx | 1:27.28 | 1:40.66 | top 26.4% | 157 / 998 | |
| Pyraminx | 6.94 | 10.21 | top 27.4% | 955 / 3,777 | |
| 6×6 | 2:46.58 | 2:51.40 | top 34.3% | 88 / 343 | |
| 7×7 | 4:25.72 | 4:35.47 | top 39.8% | 87 / 270 | |
| Skewb | 18.44 | 1:04.73 | top 87.0% | 1,872 / 2,264 | |
| 3×3 blindfolded | 7:05.58 | — | early days — 2 solves | 277 / 310 |
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
- 1 Mar 2014First sub-10 3×3: 9.25 at Ural Winter 2014.
- 24 Nov 2012Four personal bests in one day at MPEI Open 2012.
- 19 May 2012Eight personal bests in one day at Ural Open 2012.
- 27 Aug 2011Eight personal bests in one day at Russia Open 2011.
- 20 Nov 2010Seven personal bests in one day at MPEI Open 2010.
- 24 Apr 2010First sub-15 3×3: 11.38 at Russia Open 2010.
Competitions
- Ural Open 2017 · 25 Aug 2017
- Ural Winter 2016 · 6 Feb 2016
- Ural Autumn 2015 · 24 Oct 2015 — 1 personal best set
- Ural Open 2015 · 25 Aug 2015
- Ural Open 2014 · 23 Aug 2014 — 1 personal best set
- Ural Winter 2014 · 1 Mar 2014 — 2 personal bests set
- MPEI Open 2012 · 24 Nov 2012 — 4 personal bests set
- Ural Open 2012 · 19 May 2012 — 8 personal bests set
- Russia Open 2011 · 27 Aug 2011 — 8 personal bests set
- MPEI Open 2010 · 20 Nov 2010 — 7 personal bests set
- Russia Open 2010 · 24 Apr 2010 — 5 personal bests set
- Moscow Open 2009 · 8 Mar 2009
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.
- Vasily Stasyev — met in 92 rounds, finished ahead 90 times
- Oleg Martynov — met in 79 rounds, finished ahead 62 times
- Anton Rostovikov — met in 66 rounds, finished ahead 51 times
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.25 away.
- A sub-12 3×3 one-handed single — 2,187 people have one; it is 2.06 away.
Targets move as he improves.