People · Kazakhstan
Nikita Kikhtenko
2×2 · top 2.4% of 186,767 all-time · competing since December 2016 · 2016KIKH01
Nikita Kikhtenko has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.56, set at Cuberussia in SPB 2017, puts him in the top 2.4% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 12th in Kazakhstan. Until November 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 3 competitions since December 2016, he has put 155 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, an early reading from 8 counted rounds. Nikita has entered three competitions, more competitions than 69% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Kazakhstan | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 1.56 | 6.02 | top 2.4% | 12 / 976 | |
| Pyraminx | 4.80 | 9.95 | top 12.0% | 91 / 803 | |
| 3×3 | 12.79 | 13.70 | top 16.7% | 198 / 1,315 | |
| 4×4 | 45.55 | 1:00.80 | top 19.0% | 85 / 415 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 20.74 | 27.11 | top 22.5% | 86 / 330 | |
| 5×5 | 2:08.67 | 2:14.25 | top 54.7% | 114 / 216 | |
| Skewb | 14.75 | 17.38 | top 77.5% | 303 / 474 |
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
- 3 Dec 2016First competition: SPB Winter 2016. A 13.77 3×3 single to start from.
- 3 Dec 2016Four personal bests in one day at SPB Winter 2016.
Competitions
- SPB Championship 2017 · 27 Oct 2017 — 2 personal bests set
- Cuberussia in SPB 2017 · 25 Feb 2017 — 1 personal best set
- SPB Winter 2016 · 3 Dec 2016 — 4 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.
- Mikhail Kuzin — met in 31 rounds, finished ahead 18 times
- Nikolay Vasilyev — met in 31 rounds, finished ahead 13 times
- Pavel Galaktionov — met in 31 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.56 away.
- A sub-4 Pyraminx single — 9,892 people have one; it is 0.80 away.
Targets move as he improves.