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Kyyarkhan Nikolaev

2×2 · top 0.87% of 186,767 all-time · competing since November 2012 · 2012NIKO01

Kyyarkhan Nikolaev has been competing for 14 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.14, set at Moscow South-West Open 2015, puts him in the top 0.87% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 29th in Russia. Until November 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 34 competitions since November 2012, he has put 1,555 official solves on the record across nine events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, steadier than 54% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 16.43 in November 2012 to 7.54, a 54% improvement. Kyyarkhan has entered 34 competitions, more competitions than 98% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 0.87% of 186,767 all-time
1.14
signature single · Moscow South-West Open 2015
1,555
official solves on the record
13%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 54% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingRussia
2×21.142.96
top 0.87%29 / 4,782
3×3 one-handed10.6112.90
top 1.5%18 / 1,770
3×37.549.06
top 2.0%53 / 6,475
Pyraminx2.584.22
top 2.4%50 / 3,777
4×435.0638.23
top 6.8%71 / 2,080
Megaminx1:00.411:08.87
top 10.2%60 / 998
5×51:21.551:30.99
top 20.3%134 / 941
Skewb7.1510.81
top 34.8%573 / 2,264
3×3 Fewest Moves41 moves—
early days — 3 solves159 / 366

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 2012: 16.43Moscow North-West Open Winter 2013: 16.17Moscow Summer 2013: 12.71MPEI Open 2013: 10.58CCC Winter Open 2014: 11.21Tula Open 2014: 12.03Cubing Fest 2014: 9.50CCC Autumn Open 2014: 10.18MPEI Open 2014: 9.93Moscow Spring Open 2015: 10.81CCC End of Summer 2015: 8.09Moscow South-West Open 2015: 8.90Saint Petersburg Autumn Open 2015: 9.29Moscow Christmas Open 2016: 8.88CCC Spring Open 2016: 9.29CCC Summer Open 2016: 9.45SPB Championship 2016: 9.42MPEI Open 2016: 9.41Ramenskoe Open 2017: 9.19Svetlye Gory Open 2017: 8.38MPEI Open 2017: 8.58HSE Open 2018: 8.07CCC Open Moscow 2019: 8.87YJ Fest Moscow 2019: 8.61Ramenskoe Open 2019: 8.14Ivanovo Cuber Cup 2019: 9.36CCC Qualification SPB 2020: 8.23SPB Muffin Mini 2021: 7.54Bogoroditsk Open 2021: 8.797.5416.4324 Nov 201229 May 2021

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-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.14 away.
  • A sub-10 3×3 one-handed single — 779 people have one; it is 0.61 away.

Targets move as he improves.