People · Russia
Nikita Kabanin (Никита Кабанин)
3×3 blindfolded · top 6.7% of 12,178 all-time · competing since October 2018 · 2018KABA04
Nikita Kabanin (Никита Кабанин) has been competing for 8 years. His best event is the 3×3 blindfolded: a personal-best single of 39.82, set at MPEI Open 2019, puts him in the top 6.7% of the 12,178 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 17th in Russia. Until August 2009, no official 3×3 blindfolded solve in the world had been that fast. Across 6 competitions since October 2018, he has put 152 official solves on the record across eight events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 72% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 16.88 in October 2018 to 12.03, a 29% improvement. Nikita has entered six competitions, more competitions than 86% 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 blindfolded | 39.82 | — | top 6.7% | 17 / 310 | |
| Pyraminx | 4.93 | 6.64 | top 12.8% | 373 / 3,777 | |
| 3×3 | 12.03 | 14.44 | top 14.0% | 625 / 6,475 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 22.53 | 27.27 | top 27.4% | 438 / 1,770 | |
| Square-1 | 20.99 | 27.43 | top 30.2% | 156 / 759 | |
| 4×4 | 1:04.47 | 1:13.79 | top 41.2% | 697 / 2,080 | |
| 2×2 | 5.51 | 7.14 | top 45.4% | 1,904 / 4,782 | |
| 3×3 Multi-Blind | 3 of 6 cubes · 34:44 | — | early days — 1 solve | 98 / 98 |
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
- 22 Jun 2019Three personal bests in one day at YJ Kazan 2019.
- 9 Feb 2019First sub-15 3×3: 14.37 at Izhevsk Winter Cube 2019.
- 9 Feb 2019Six personal bests in one day at Izhevsk Winter Cube 2019.
- 27 Oct 2018First competition: Ural Autumn 2018. A 18.07 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- MPEI Open 2019 · 22 Nov 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- Udmurtia Open 2019 · 10 Aug 2019
- YJ Kazan 2019 · 22 Jun 2019 — 3 personal bests set
- CCC Open Moscow 2019 · 13 Apr 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Izhevsk Winter Cube 2019 · 9 Feb 2019 — 6 personal bests set
- Ural Autumn 2018 · 27 Oct 2018 — 1 personal best 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.
- Polina Lapteva (Полина Лаптева) — met in 24 rounds, finished ahead 5 times
- Pavel Kovirzin (Павел Ковырзин) — met in 17 rounds, finished ahead 8 times
- Alexey Kislovskiy — met in 17 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-30 3×3 blindfolded single — 501 people have one; it is 9.82 away.
- A sub-4 Pyraminx single — 9,892 people have one; it is 0.93 away.
Targets move as he improves.