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Daniil Nesterov

2×2 · top 11.4% of 186,767 all-time · competing since September 2017 · 2017NEST02

Daniil Nesterov has been competing for 9 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.74, set at CCC Open Moscow 2019, puts him in the top 11.4% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 383rd in Russia. Across 5 competitions since September 2017, he has put 116 official solves on the record across eleven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one, an early reading from 5 counted rounds. That figure sets aside his 2 DNFs. His 3×3 best has come down from 52.97 in September 2017 to 14.13, a 73% improvement. Daniil has entered five competitions, more competitions than 83% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 11.4% of 186,767 all-time
2.74
signature single · CCC Open Moscow 2019
116
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingRussia
2×22.745.11
top 11.4%383 / 4,782
Pyraminx5.139.61
top 14.0%428 / 3,777
3×314.1317.73
top 21.4%1,050 / 6,475
Skewb6.1010.67
top 26.5%423 / 2,264
Clock12.9428.28
top 39.4%198 / 714
3×3 one-handed27.2134.47
top 39.9%647 / 1,770
Megaminx1:55.372:24.01
top 43.3%296 / 998
4×41:13.121:40.59
top 49.9%876 / 2,080
Square-142.4959.88
top 68.4%471 / 759
3×3 Fewest Moves48 moves
early days — 2 solves268 / 366
5×52:57.81
early days — 2 solves686 / 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

Svetlye Gory Open 2017: 52.97YJ Fest 2018: 17.41MPEI Open 2018: 14.27CCC Open Moscow 2019: 14.79YJ Fest Moscow 2019: 14.1314.1352.972 Sep 201728 Jun 2019

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-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.74 away.
  • A sub-5 Pyraminx single — 17,019 people have one; it is 0.13 away.

Targets move as he improves.