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Vitalii Kostenko (Віталій Костенко)

3×3 · top 21.4% of 284,439 all-time · competing since August 2015 · 2015KOST02

Vitalii Kostenko (Віталій Костенко) has been competing for 11 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 14.12, set at Kharkiv Special 2016, puts him in the top 21.4% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 551st in Ukraine. Across 5 competitions since August 2015, he has put 72 official solves on the record across four events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one, an early reading from 8 counted rounds. That figure sets aside his 3 DNFs. His 3×3 best has come down from 19.91 in August 2015 to 14.12, a 29% improvement. Vitalii has entered five competitions, more competitions than 83% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 21.4% of 284,439 all-time
14.12
signature single · Kharkiv Special 2016
72
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUkraine
3×314.1216.36
top 21.4%551 / 2,868
2×24.776.80
top 36.4%673 / 1,894
3×3 one-handed28.7833.10
top 43.8%361 / 755
4×41:31.53
top 64.7%538 / 867

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

Kharkiv Cube Day 2015: 19.91Beit Dan Open 2015: 17.05Kharkiv Special 2016: 14.12Kharkiv Cube Day 2016: 15.17U24 Tetiana Day 2023: 15.6614.1219.9116 Aug 201529 Jan 2023

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-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 2.12 away.
  • A sub-4 2×2 single — 49,452 people have one; it is 0.77 away.

Targets move as he improves.