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Nikita Kobik

2×2 · top 8.1% of 186,767 all-time · competing since December 2017 · 2017KOBI02

Nikita Kobik has been competing for 9 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.42, set at Speedcubes Fest in SPB 2018, puts him in the top 8.1% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 261st in Russia. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 8 competitions since December 2017, he has put 172 official solves on the record across eight 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 36.00 in December 2017 to 14.38, a 60% improvement. Nikita has entered eight competitions, more competitions than 90% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 8.1% of 186,767 all-time
2.42
signature single · Speedcubes Fest in SPB 2018
172
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 standingRussia
2×22.426.41
top 8.1%261 / 4,782
Pyraminx5.716.88
top 17.9%591 / 3,777
3×314.3816.77
top 22.3%1,111 / 6,475
3×3 one-handed32.8140.66
top 52.9%892 / 1,770
4×41:16.79
top 53.2%950 / 2,080
Skewb12.4217.21
top 68.1%1,343 / 2,264
5×53:02.50
top 78.9%695 / 941
3×3 Fewest Moves53 moves
top 85.4%310 / 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

Muffin Winter 2017: 36.00CFCTC Open 2018: 20.50SPB Island 2018: 20.62SPB Summer 2018: 15.35Speedcubes Fest in SPB 2018: 14.38Welcome to Academy 2018: 14.66SPB Muffin Winter 2019: 17.4514.3836.0015 Dec 201712 Jan 2019

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-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.42 away.
  • A sub-5 Pyraminx single — 17,019 people have one; it is 0.71 away.

Targets move as he improves.