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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.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Russia | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 20.78 | 25.16 | top 42.1% | 2,334 / 6,475 | |
| 2×2 | 6.55 | 10.40 | top 56.4% | 2,436 / 4,782 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 46.46 | 57.39 | top 73.2% | 1,258 / 1,770 | |
| 4×4 | 1:55.04 | — | top 79.4% | 1,503 / 2,080 | |
| Skewb | 16.20 | 20.22 | top 81.9% | 1,707 / 2,264 | |
| 5×5 | 4:25.25 | — | 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
Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 24 Nov 2012Four personal bests in one day at MPEI Open 2012.
- 11 Aug 2012First sub-30 3×3: 26.47 at Moscow North-West Open 2012.
- 26 Nov 2011First competition: MPEI Open 2011. A 40.65 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- MPEI Open 2014 · 28 Nov 2014
- MPEI Open 2013 · 23 Nov 2013
- Nelidovo Open 2013 · 30 Mar 2013 — 2 personal bests set
- Moscow North-West Open Winter 2013 · 3 Jan 2013 — 2 personal bests set
- MPEI Open 2012 · 24 Nov 2012 — 4 personal bests set
- Moscow North-West Open 2012 · 11 Aug 2012 — 1 personal best set
- MPEI Open 2011 · 26 Nov 2011
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.
- Oleg Gritsenko — met in 24 rounds, finished ahead once
- Pavel Vershinin — met in 24 rounds, never finished ahead
- Dmitry Dergunov — met in 23 rounds, never finished ahead
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.