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Nikita Galchenko (Никита Гальченко)

3×3 · top 9.5% of 284,439 all-time · competing since January 2019 · 2019GALC01

Nikita Galchenko (Никита Гальченко) has been competing for 8 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 10.68, set at CCC Qualification SPB 2020, puts him in the top 9.5% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 382nd in Russia. Until August 2006, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 7 competitions since January 2019, he has put 223 official solves on the record across eight events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 68% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 23.79 in January 2019 to 10.68, a 55% improvement. Nikita has entered seven competitions, more competitions than 88% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 9.5% of 284,439 all-time
10.68
signature single · CCC Qualification SPB 2020
223
official solves on the record
14%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 68% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingRussia
3×310.6813.72
top 9.5%382 / 6,475
2×22.564.14
top 9.5%309 / 4,782
Pyraminx5.707.98
top 17.8%587 / 3,777
Skewb5.5010.78
top 22.0%352 / 2,264
3×3 one-handed26.7228.49
top 38.6%625 / 1,770
4×41:18.441:29.34
top 54.6%975 / 2,080
Megaminx2:16.862:43.17
top 54.7%387 / 998
Square-11:05.78
early days — 1 solve626 / 759

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

SPB Muffin Winter 2019: 23.79Pskov Open 2019: 15.70Luga Open 2019: 15.69YJ Fest Moscow 2019: 14.70Tver EaZyCube Race 2019: 12.91CCC Qualification SPB 2020: 10.68SPB Muffin 2020: 14.7410.6823.7912 Jan 201914 Mar 2020

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-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 0.68 away.
  • A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.56 away.

Targets move as he improves.