People · Russia
Nikita Gamolin
3×3 · top 3.3% of 284,439 all-time · competing since October 2017 · 2017GAMO01
Nikita Gamolin has been competing for 9 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.29, set at Breda Open 2025, puts him in the top 3.3% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 106th in Russia. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 7 competitions since October 2017, he has put 362 official solves on the record across 13 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, steadier than 82% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 15.63 in October 2017 to 8.29, a 47% improvement. Nikita has entered seven competitions, more competitions than 88% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Russia | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 8.29 | 9.73 | top 3.3% | 106 / 6,475 | |
| 5×5 | 59.78 | 1:07.34 | top 5.4% | 25 / 941 | |
| 4×4 | 33.77 | 42.97 | top 5.6% | 54 / 2,080 | |
| 2×2 | 2.23 | 3.64 | top 6.5% | 208 / 4,782 | |
| Pyraminx | 4.34 | 5.25 | top 9.4% | 258 / 3,777 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 19.42 | 21.63 | top 19.0% | 291 / 1,770 | |
| 6×6 | 2:18.86 | 2:28.79 | top 19.9% | 45 / 343 | |
| Skewb | 5.58 | 9.88 | top 22.6% | 359 / 2,264 | |
| Megaminx | 1:34.98 | 1:48.89 | top 31.4% | 196 / 998 | |
| 7×7 | 4:06.94 | 4:10.01 | top 33.3% | 69 / 270 | |
| Square-1 | 29.72 | 38.36 | top 48.9% | 291 / 759 | |
| Clock | 16.96 | 25.46 | top 55.3% | 308 / 714 | |
| 3×3 Fewest Moves | 52 moves | 57.67 | early days — 3 solves | 304 / 366 |
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
- 23 Aug 2025Seven personal bests in one day at Breda Open 2025.
- 22 Jun 2019Five personal bests in one day at YJ Kazan 2019.
- 4 May 2019First sub-10 3×3: 8.58 at Volga Cubing 2019.
- 4 May 2019Four personal bests in one day at Volga Cubing 2019.
- 12 May 2018First sub-15 3×3: 12.80 at One LY Cube 2018.
- 12 May 2018Seven personal bests in one day at One LY Cube 2018.
Competitions
- Breda Open 2025 · 23 Aug 2025 — 7 personal bests set
- Samara Speedcubing Fest 2019 · 26 Oct 2019 — 1 personal best set
- YJ Kazan 2019 · 22 Jun 2019 — 5 personal bests set
- Volga Cubing 2019 · 4 May 2019 — 4 personal bests set
- Saratov Special 2019 · 9 Mar 2019
- One LY Cube 2018 · 12 May 2018 — 7 personal bests set
- Home is not DNF 2017 · 14 Oct 2017 — 2 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.
- Alexey Kislovskiy — met in 38 rounds, finished ahead once
- Semen Murzin (Семён Мурзин) — met in 32 rounds, finished ahead 25 times
- Sergey Wolferts — met in 29 rounds, finished ahead 15 times
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.29 away.
- A sub-50 5×5 single — 713 people have one; it is 9.78 away.
Targets move as he improves.