People · Ukraine
Tymofii Bortnyk (Тимофій Бортник)
Skewb · top 6.1% of 74,164 all-time · competing since November 2019 · 2019BORT04
Tymofii Bortnyk (Тимофій Бортник) has been competing for 7 years. His best event is the Skewb: a personal-best single of 3.20, set at Ukrainian Nationals 2026, puts him in the top 6.1% of the 74,164 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 51st in Ukraine. Until February 2014, no official Skewb solve in the world had been that fast. Across 9 competitions since November 2019, he has put 291 official solves on the record across eight events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 75% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 32.14 in November 2019 to 10.61, a 67% improvement. Tymofii has entered nine competitions, more competitions than 91% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Ukraine | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Skewb | 3.20 | 6.09 | top 6.1% | 51 / 896 | |
| 2×2 | 2.20 | 4.75 | top 6.3% | 122 / 1,911 | |
| 3×3 | 10.61 | 12.68 | top 9.3% | 255 / 2,889 | |
| Pyraminx | 5.50 | 7.87 | top 16.5% | 295 / 1,484 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 23.21 | 26.59 | top 29.4% | 241 / 765 | |
| 4×4 | 1:01.65 | 1:04.59 | top 38.3% | 326 / 878 | |
| 3×3 Fewest Moves | 38 moves | 42.67 | top 41.0% | 92 / 224 | |
| 3×3 blindfolded | 2:58.75 | — | early days — 1 solve | 87 / 177 |
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
- 14 Mar 2026Five personal bests in one day at River Mall Kyiv 2026.
- 21 Feb 2026Four personal bests in one day at Kyiv Blind Side Winter 2026.
- 31 Oct 2025First sub-20 3×3: 14.25 at Ukrainian Nationals 2025.
- 31 Oct 2025First sub-15 3×3: 14.25 at Ukrainian Nationals 2025.
- 31 Oct 2025Five personal bests in one day at Ukrainian Nationals 2025.
- 16 Nov 2019First sub-30 3×3: 21.53 at Cubes Masters Zhytomyr 2019.
Competitions
- Ukrainian Nationals 2026 · 18 Sep 2026 — 1 personal best set
- River Mall Kyiv 2026 · 14 Mar 2026 — 5 personal bests set
- Kyiv Blind Side Winter 2026 · 21 Feb 2026 — 4 personal bests set
- U24 Tetiana Day Kyiv 2026 · 24 Jan 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Kyiv Blind Side Autumn 2025 · 29 Nov 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Ukrainian Nationals 2025 · 31 Oct 2025 — 5 personal bests set
- Cubes Masters Zhytomyr 2021 · 7 Aug 2021 — 1 personal best set
- Cubes Masters Zhytomyr 2019 · 16 Nov 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Smartcube Fest Kyiv 2019 · 2 Nov 2019
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.
- Lev Golub (Лев Голуб) — met in 60 rounds, never finished ahead
- Stepan Kaplinskyi (Степан Каплінський) — met in 53 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
- Ostap Bukatiuk (Остап Букатюк) — met in 51 rounds, finished ahead once
Next targets
- A sub-3 Skewb single — 3,709 people have one; it is 0.20 away.
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 9,039 people have one; it is 0.20 away.
Targets move as he improves.