Arkhipov played on the Russian national junior team from 2011 to 2013, skipping the team from 2012 to 2013. The team, which also consisted of Sergey Glukhov, Dmitry Mironov and Artur Ali qualified for the 2013 World Junior Curling Championships where they won a silver medal. The team had finished the round robin with a 7-2 record in third place, and managed to defeat Sweden's Patric Mabergs and Canada's Matthew Dunstone in the playoffs before losing to Scotland's Kyle Smith in the final.