People · Ukraine
Valerii Kolesnichenko (Валерій Колесніченко)
3×3 · top 1.4% of 288,433 all-time · competing since December 2014 · 2014KOLE02
Valerii Kolesnichenko (Валерій Колесніченко) has been competing for 12 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 7.02, set at Kyiv Big & Blind Winter 2025, puts him in the top 1.4% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 42nd in Ukraine. Until November 2010, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 12 competitions since December 2014, he has put 758 official solves on the record across 13 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 63% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 17.86 in December 2014 to 7.02, a 61% improvement. Valerii 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 | Ukraine | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 7.02 | 8.63 | top 1.4% | 42 / 2,889 | |
| 2×2 | 1.46 | 2.80 | top 2.0% | 36 / 1,911 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 11.43 | 13.55 | top 2.3% | 18 / 765 | |
| Skewb | 2.92 | 4.06 | top 4.6% | 39 / 896 | |
| Pyraminx | 3.44 | 5.41 | top 5.2% | 99 / 1,484 | |
| 4×4 | 35.43 | 37.06 | top 7.2% | 70 / 878 | |
| 5×5 | 1:09.29 | 1:19.30 | top 11.2% | 52 / 431 | |
| Megaminx | 1:04.78 | 1:09.14 | top 12.6% | 48 / 425 | |
| Square-1 | 16.53 | 19.63 | top 19.9% | 54 / 307 | |
| 3×3 Fewest Moves | 33 moves | — | early days — 2 solves | 54 / 224 | |
| 3×3 blindfolded | 2:23.06 | — | early days — 2 solves | 71 / 177 | |
| 6×6 | 3:22.64 | 3:24.31 | top 51.8% | 100 / 173 | |
| Clock | 26.51 | 32.77 | top 79.3% | 276 / 354 |
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 Jun 2025Five personal bests in one day at Ukrainian Open 2025.
- 22 Feb 2025Four personal bests in one day at Kyiv Big & Blind Winter 2025.
- 1 Oct 2017Three personal bests in one day at Kharkiv Cube Day 2017.
- 13 May 2017Four personal bests in one day at Fresh Cube 2017.
- 2 Jul 2016First sub-10 3×3: 9.28 at Cowboys Summer 2016.
- 2 Jul 2016Six personal bests in one day at Cowboys Summer 2016.
Competitions
- U24 Tetiana Day Kyiv 2026 · 24 Jan 2026
- Kyiv Side Events Autumn 2025 · 20 Sep 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Kyiv NxN Summer 2025 · 16 Aug 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Ukrainian Open 2025 · 14 Jun 2025 — 5 personal bests set
- Kyiv Big & Blind Winter 2025 · 22 Feb 2025 — 4 personal bests set
- Kharkiv Cube Day 2017 · 1 Oct 2017 — 3 personal bests set
- Fresh Cube 2017 · 13 May 2017 — 4 personal bests set
- Kharkiv Cube Day 2016 · 27 Aug 2016 — 2 personal bests set
- Cowboys Summer 2016 · 2 Jul 2016 — 6 personal bests set
- Beit Dan Open 2015 · 24 Oct 2015 — 4 personal bests set
- Kharkiv Cube Day 2015 · 16 Aug 2015 — 9 personal bests set
- Kharkiv Winter 2014 · 13 Dec 2014 — 3 personal bests set
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 149 rounds, finished ahead 53 times
- Artem Melikian (Артем Мелікян) — met in 89 rounds, finished ahead 56 times
- Serhii Mormul (Сергій Мормуль) — met in 76 rounds, finished ahead 60 times
Next targets
- A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,419 people have one; it is 1.02 away.
- A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,050 people have one; it is 0.46 away.
Targets move as he improves.