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Sergey Volkov

3×3 · top 42.1% of 284,439 all-time · competing since November 2011 · 2011VOLK01

Sergey Volkov has been competing for 15 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 20.78, set at Nelidovo Open 2013, puts him in the top 42.1% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 2,334th in Russia. Across 7 competitions since November 2011, he has put 93 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one, an early reading from 7 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 40.65 in November 2011 to 20.78, a 49% improvement. Sergey has entered seven competitions, more competitions than 88% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 42.1% of 284,439 all-time
20.78
signature single · Nelidovo Open 2013
93
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingRussia
3×320.7825.16
top 42.1%2,334 / 6,475
2×26.5510.40
top 56.4%2,436 / 4,782
3×3 one-handed46.4657.39
top 73.2%1,258 / 1,770
4×41:55.04
top 79.4%1,503 / 2,080
Skewb16.2020.22
top 81.9%1,707 / 2,264
5×54:25.25
top 94.4%882 / 941

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

MPEI Open 2011: 40.65Moscow North-West Open 2012: 26.47MPEI Open 2012: 24.40Moscow North-West Open Winter 2013: 23.47Nelidovo Open 2013: 20.78MPEI Open 2013: 24.58MPEI Open 2014: 23.2120.7840.6526 Nov 201128 Nov 2014

Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.

The story so far

Competitions

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.

Next targets

  • A sub-20 3×3 single — 113,584 people have one; it is 0.78 away.
  • A sub-6 2×2 single — 95,042 people have one; it is 0.55 away.

Targets move as he improves.