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Nikita Kim (Никита Ким)

3×3 · top 4.6% of 284,439 all-time · competing since August 2018 · 2018KIMN03

Nikita Kim (Никита Ким) has been competing for 8 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.87, set at Tajikistan Nationals 2023, puts him in the top 4.6% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 61st in Kazakhstan. Until May 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 25 competitions since August 2018, he has put 760 official solves on the record across twelve events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, steadier than 89% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 19.66 in August 2018 to 8.87, a 55% improvement. Nikita has entered 25 competitions, more competitions than 98% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 4.6% of 284,439 all-time
8.87
signature single · Tajikistan Nationals 2023
760
official solves on the record
11%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 89% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingKazakhstan
3×38.8710.34
top 4.6%61 / 1,315
2×22.114.12
top 5.5%46 / 976
Clock6.307.44
top 8.3%12 / 135
4×440.6747.75
top 12.9%62 / 415
Pyraminx5.538.81
top 16.6%120 / 803
3×3 one-handed20.6426.65
top 22.3%85 / 330
Skewb5.6410.58
top 23.0%86 / 474
Square-119.3424.33
top 26.4%32 / 140
5×51:49.751:59.76
top 42.4%88 / 216
Megaminx2:36.633:10.14
top 64.4%134 / 243
3×3 blindfolded4:28.276:14.41
top 74.2%30 / 35
3×3 Fewest Moves51 moves—
early days — 3 solves47 / 62

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

Ural Open 2018: 19.66Cubing Semey Open 2019: 14.56Cubing Kazakhstan Nationals 2019: 12.21Rubik's WCA Asian Championship 2022: 11.09Cubing Kazakhstan Nationals 2022: 9.59Tbilisi Open 2022: 9.12Uzbekistan New Year 2023: 9.94Armenian Open 2023: 10.07Back to İzmir 2023: 9.95Edukent Weekend 2023: 10.10Rudny Open 2023: 9.90Tajikistan Nationals 2023: 8.87Prague Pyraminxing 2023: 9.94Czech Championship 2023: 9.04Burabay Open 2024: 9.61Prague Summer Opener 2024: 10.60Rubik's WCA European Championship 2024: 11.61West Coast Cubing Tour: Los Angeles 2025: 11.86Rubik's WCA World Championship 2025: 10.83Agadir Open 2026: 9.528.8719.6625 Aug 201813 Jun 2026

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-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.87 away.
  • A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.11 away.

Targets move as he improves.