People · Russia
Nikita Bespalov
2×2 · top 3.0% of 186,767 all-time · competing since February 2016 · 2016BESP01
Nikita Bespalov has been competing for 11 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.69, set at EkatCube Spring 2019, puts him in the top 3.0% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 104th in Russia. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 20 competitions since February 2016, he has put 1,193 official solves on the record across 14 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 63% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 21.13 in February 2016 to 9.73, a 54% improvement. Nikita has entered 20 competitions, more competitions than 97% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Russia | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 1.69 | 4.38 | top 3.0% | 104 / 4,782 | |
| Pyraminx | 3.48 | 6.72 | top 5.4% | 134 / 3,777 | |
| 3×3 | 9.73 | 12.77 | top 6.7% | 237 / 6,475 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 16.33 | 21.65 | top 11.0% | 154 / 1,770 | |
| Square-1 | 14.76 | 21.49 | top 15.9% | 76 / 759 | |
| Skewb | 4.82 | 6.84 | top 16.8% | 253 / 2,264 | |
| 4×4 | 47.03 | 51.88 | top 20.8% | 289 / 2,080 | |
| 3×3 Fewest Moves | 35 moves | 39.33 | top 30.0% | 86 / 366 | |
| 5×5 | 1:33.38 | 1:45.37 | top 30.2% | 220 / 941 | |
| Megaminx | 1:42.14 | 1:52.81 | top 35.9% | 224 / 998 | |
| Clock | 13.95 | 15.76 | top 43.6% | 221 / 714 | |
| 6×6 | 3:13.85 | 3:29.61 | top 47.6% | 133 / 343 | |
| 7×7 | 4:57.82 | 5:21.42 | top 50.0% | 115 / 270 | |
| 3×3 blindfolded | 12:00.00 | — | early days — 1 solve | 307 / 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
Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 19 Jan 2019First sub-10 3×3: 9.73 at Ural Winter 2019.
- 25 Aug 2018Three personal bests in one day at Ural Open 2018.
- 18 Aug 2018Four personal bests in one day at Ufa Open 2018.
- 21 Jul 2018Four personal bests in one day at Ekat Summer 2018.
- 17 Feb 2018Seven personal bests in one day at Ural Winter 2018.
- 18 Nov 2017Four personal bests in one day at Ural Autumn 2017.
Competitions
- Ural Winter 2020 · 22 Feb 2020
- Ural Light 2019 · 8 Dec 2019
- Ural Autumn 2019 · 28 Sep 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Ural Open 2019 · 28 Jul 2019
- YJ Chelyabinsk Special 2019 · 6 Jul 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- Ural Spring 2019 · 18 May 2019
- EkatCube Spring 2019 · 2 Mar 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- Ural Winter 2019 · 19 Jan 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- Ural Autumn 2018 · 27 Oct 2018 — 2 personal bests set
- Ural Open 2018 · 25 Aug 2018 — 3 personal bests set
- Ufa Open 2018 · 18 Aug 2018 — 4 personal bests set
- Ekat Summer 2018 · 21 Jul 2018 — 4 personal bests set
- Ural Winter 2018 · 17 Feb 2018 — 7 personal bests set
- Ural Autumn 2017 · 18 Nov 2017 — 4 personal bests set
- Ural Open 2017 · 25 Aug 2017 — 11 personal bests set
- Ural Spring 2017 · 6 May 2017 — 5 personal bests set
- Ural Winter 2017 · 21 Jan 2017 — 10 personal bests set
- Ural Autumn 2016 · 22 Oct 2016 — 9 personal bests set
- Ural Open 2016 · 25 Jul 2016 — 9 personal bests set
- Ural Winter 2016 · 6 Feb 2016 — 4 personal bests set
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.
- Vasily Stasyev — met in 253 rounds, finished ahead 167 times · head to head
- Dmitry Shelomencev — met in 168 rounds, finished ahead 92 times · head to head
- Semyon Terskov — met in 145 rounds, finished ahead 33 times · head to head
Next targets
- A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.69 away.
- A sub-3 Pyraminx single — 4,700 people have one; it is 0.48 away.
Targets move as he improves.