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Nikita Bliznyuk (Никита Близнюк)

2×2 · top 9.1% of 186,767 all-time · competing since April 2019 · 2019BLIZ01

Nikita Bliznyuk (Никита Близнюк) has been competing for 7 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.52, set at Grodno Cube 2019, puts him in the top 9.1% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 40th in Belarus. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 2 competitions since April 2019, he has put 32 official solves on the record across four events. Nikita has entered two competitions.

2×2
best event — top 9.1% of 186,767 all-time
2.52
signature single · Grodno Cube 2019
32
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingBelarus
2×22.526.93
top 9.1%40 / 532
3×318.4221.21
top 35.4%227 / 748
Megaminx2:33.212:54.79
top 62.7%60 / 121
3×3 one-handed50.92
early days — 1 solve147 / 193

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

Grodno Cube 2019: 2.52Belarus Nationals 2019: 5.452.525.4513 Apr 201915 Jun 2019

Best single per competition, 2×2. 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 0.52 away.
  • A sub-15 3×3 single — 69,493 people have one; it is 3.42 away.

Targets move as he improves.