People · Russia
Nikita Kataev
2×2 · top 8.5% of 186,767 all-time · competing since October 2014 · 2014KATA02
Nikita Kataev has been competing for 12 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.46, set at SPB Summer 2018, puts him in the top 8.5% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 276th in Russia. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 10 competitions since October 2014, he has put 164 official solves on the record across four events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one; 56% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 56.58 in October 2014 to 10.46, an 82% improvement. Nikita has entered ten competitions, more competitions than 92% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Russia | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 2.46 | 5.27 | top 8.5% | 276 / 4,782 | |
| 3×3 | 10.46 | 13.15 | top 8.8% | 354 / 6,475 | |
| Pyraminx | 7.52 | 10.80 | top 32.2% | 1,132 / 3,777 | |
| 4×4 | 1:28.51 | — | early days — 2 solves | 1,129 / 2,080 |
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
- 27 Oct 2017First sub-15 3×3: 13.04 at SPB Championship 2017.
- 27 Oct 2017Three personal bests in one day at SPB Championship 2017.
- 27 Feb 2016First sub-30 3×3: 16.17 at Saint Petersburg Welcome To 2016.
- 27 Feb 2016First sub-20 3×3: 16.17 at Saint Petersburg Welcome To 2016.
- 25 Oct 2014First competition: Saint Petersburg Open 2014. A 56.58 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- CCC Qualification SPB 2020 · 1 Feb 2020
- SPB Muffin Winter 2019 · 12 Jan 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- Welcome to Academy 2018 · 3 Nov 2018
- Speedcubes Fest in SPB 2018 · 29 Sep 2018
- SPB Summer 2018 · 4 Aug 2018 — 2 personal bests set
- CFCTC Open 2018 · 31 Mar 2018 — 1 personal best set
- SPB Championship 2017 · 27 Oct 2017 — 3 personal bests set
- LETI Open 2017 · 1 Jul 2017
- Saint Petersburg Welcome To 2016 · 27 Feb 2016 — 2 personal bests set
- Saint Petersburg Open 2014 · 25 Oct 2014
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.
- Pavel Galaktionov — met in 34 rounds, never finished ahead
- Vyacheslav Sizov — met in 33 rounds, finished ahead 9 times
- Aleksandr Beznogov — met in 30 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
Next targets
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.46 away.
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 0.46 away.
Targets move as he improves.