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Nikita Chistyakov

3×3 one-handed · top 5.9% of 73,695 all-time · competing since July 2014 · 2014CHIS01

Nikita Chistyakov has been competing for 12 years. His best event is the 3×3 one-handed: a personal-best single of 13.91, set at Vitba Winter 2015, puts him in the top 5.9% of the 73,695 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 11th in Belarus. Until September 2009, no official 3×3 one-handed solve in the world had been that fast. Across 7 competitions since July 2014, he has put 528 official solves on the record across 14 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 10% around a typical one, steadier than 98% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 one-handed best has come down from 20.14 in July 2014 to 13.91, a 31% improvement. Nikita has entered seven competitions, more competitions than 88% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3 one-handed
best event — top 5.9% of 73,695 all-time
13.91
signature single · Vitba Winter 2015
528
official solves on the record
10%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 98% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingBelarus
3×3 one-handed13.9117.61
top 5.9%11 / 193
Pyraminx4.356.39
top 9.4%38 / 413
2×22.694.46
top 10.8%51 / 532
3×311.2911.91
top 11.4%60 / 748
Skewb4.397.51
top 13.7%29 / 253
4×445.0452.44
top 18.4%27 / 214
5×51:31.491:49.26
top 28.5%20 / 92
Clock12.0715.68
top 35.3%13 / 57
Megaminx1:44.331:56.90
top 37.2%29 / 121
3×3 Fewest Moves38 moves49.67
top 40.9%32 / 71
3×3 blindfolded3:01.99
early days — 3 solves15 / 35
Square-141.001:05.30
top 66.7%46 / 70
6×64:58.616:06.83
early days — 3 solves26 / 27
7×78:20.458:42.53
top 90.4%25 / 25

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

Dvina Open 2014: 20.14Dvina One-Handed Edition 2014: 17.80Minsk Winter 2014: 18.18Vitba Winter 2015: 13.91Dvina 3.0 2015: 14.68Dvina Open 2015: 14.22BSU Cubing Days 2016: 15.3613.9120.1419 Jul 201423 Apr 2016

Best single per competition, 3×3 one-handed. 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-12 3×3 one-handed single — 2,187 people have one; it is 1.91 away.
  • A sub-4 Pyraminx single — 9,892 people have one; it is 0.35 away.

Targets move as he improves.