Sunday 6 September 2026 Rebuilt nightly from the WCA's official results · export of 6 September 2026 · About
The Middle Three
People → Russia → Mikhail Nikitin

People · Russia

Mikhail Nikitin

2×2 · top 1.5% of 186,767 all-time · competing since July 2022 · 2022NIKI03

Mikhail Nikitin has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.34, set at Turkish Nationals 2024, puts him in the top 1.5% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 55th in Russia. Until November 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 25 competitions since July 2022, he has put 1,341 official solves on the record across 13 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 76% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 20.73 in July 2022 to 7.23, a 65% improvement. Mikhail has entered 25 competitions, more competitions than 98% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 1.5% of 186,767 all-time
1.34
signature single · Turkish Nationals 2024
1,341
official solves on the record
14%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 76% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingRussia
2×21.342.21
top 1.5%55 / 4,782
3×37.239.09
top 1.6%39 / 6,475
4×427.8033.38
top 1.7%13 / 2,080
Pyraminx2.723.68
top 2.8%63 / 3,777
5×557.821:03.34
top 4.5%19 / 941
3×3 one-handed13.4415.18
top 5.2%66 / 1,770
Clock5.457.79
top 5.6%17 / 714
6×61:47.531:57.74
top 6.3%11 / 343
Megaminx53.1054.65
top 6.5%34 / 998
Skewb3.445.63
top 7.3%103 / 2,264
7×72:54.113:01.11
top 8.9%13 / 270
Square-111.5718.70
top 9.0%35 / 759
3×3 blindfolded3:18.16—
early days — 3 solves148 / 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

Edukent Weekend 2022: 20.73Georgia Open 2022: 17.84Georgia Winter Open 2022: 14.50Tbilisi Cube Day 2023: 13.21Yerevan Open 2023: 14.85Armenian Open 2023: 11.00Caucasus Open 2023: 10.52American School of Bahrain A 2024: 9.16Dubai Open 2024: 10.75Raffles World Academy Dubai 2024: 11.30Weekend Madness in Yerevan 2024: 10.97Turkish Nationals 2024: 9.05DIA EH Cube for Change Dubai A 2025: 9.79SolveIt Bahrain 2025: 7.23Turkish Nationals 2025: 9.18DIA EH Cube for Change Dubai B 2026: 8.62Hala February Kuwait 2026: 8.76Masiv Cubing 2026: 8.43Georgia April Open 2026: 9.21Georgia May Open 2026: 9.05Egypt National 2026: 7.90Alexandria Summer 2026: 7.80SolveIt Bahrain 2026: 8.147.2320.7315 Jul 202221 Aug 2026

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 0.34 away.
  • A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 1.23 away.

Targets move as he improves.