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Ekaterina Katiukova

2×2 · top 0.043% of 189,179 all-time · competing since November 2018 · 2018KANE03

Ekaterina Katiukova has been competing for 8 years. Her best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 0.60, set at MPEI Open 2019, puts her in the top 0.043% of the 189,179 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1st in Russia. Until June 2015, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 16 competitions since November 2018, she has put 1,017 official solves on the record across 14 events. Solve to solve, her 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, steadier than 61% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. Her 3×3 best has come down from 15.20 in November 2018 to 6.81, a 55% improvement. Ekaterina has entered 16 competitions, more competitions than 96% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 0.043% of 189,179 all-time
0.60
signature single · MPEI Open 2019
1,017
official solves on the record
13%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 61% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingRussia
2×20.602.06
top 0.043%1 / 4,788
Skewb1.532.56
top 0.49%3 / 2,264
3×36.818.28
top 1.1%24 / 6,485
Pyraminx2.363.66
top 1.9%35 / 3,784
Megaminx49.0853.23
top 4.8%31 / 999
Square-19.2113.97
top 4.8%14 / 760
5×51:01.091:09.86
top 6.2%28 / 942
Clock5.946.52
top 7.0%24 / 715
4×435.4041.34
top 7.2%79 / 2,085
3×3 one-handed15.4817.21
top 9.2%120 / 1,772
6×62:09.062:14.26
top 15.0%31 / 343
7×73:33.113:36.90
top 20.9%42 / 271
3×3 Fewest Moves34 moves—
early days — 1 solve73 / 367
3×3 blindfolded2:31.09—
top 43.7%107 / 310

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

MPEI Open 2018: 15.20Perm Open 2019: 12.56Usinsk Polar Cube 2019: 9.27YJ Fest Moscow 2019: 13.04MPEI Open 2019: 13.58CCC Qualification Kazan 2020: 11.93Tyumen Happy Saturday 2021: 9.11Cubing Ekat Open 2021: 9.70Ural Autumn 2021: 8.67Rubik's WCA Asian Championship 2022: 8.22KSF Open 2023: 7.13Tashkent Open 2024: 7.34Almaty Spring 2024: 6.81Rubik's WCA European Championship 2024: 8.78Rubik's WCA Asian Championship 2024: 8.55Central Asian Tour Bishkek 2025: 7.426.8115.2023 Nov 201815 Feb 2025

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 her.

Next targets

  • A sub-1 Skewb single — 35 people have one; it is 0.53 away.
  • A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,419 people have one; it is 0.81 away.

Targets move as she improves.