People · Kazakhstan
Nikita Kolpakov
2×2 · top 1.3% of 186,767 all-time · competing since October 2017 · 2017KOLP02
Nikita Kolpakov has been competing for 9 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.28, set at Pavlodar Open 2025, puts him in the top 1.3% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 6th in Kazakhstan. Until November 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 14 competitions since October 2017, he has put 823 official solves on the record across eleven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, steadier than 58% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 21.50 in October 2017 to 7.56, a 65% improvement. Nikita has entered 14 competitions, more competitions than 95% 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 | 1.28 | 2.94 | top 1.3% | 6 / 976 | |
| 3×3 | 7.56 | 9.08 | top 2.1% | 23 / 1,315 | |
| 4×4 | 30.99 | 37.14 | top 3.5% | 21 / 415 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 12.59 | 14.76 | top 3.8% | 18 / 330 | |
| Pyraminx | 3.29 | 5.09 | top 4.6% | 30 / 803 | |
| Skewb | 2.95 | 4.92 | top 4.8% | 24 / 474 | |
| Clock | 6.52 | 7.96 | top 9.2% | 14 / 135 | |
| Square-1 | 13.04 | 18.11 | top 12.0% | 13 / 140 | |
| 5×5 | 1:18.86 | 1:32.04 | top 18.2% | 37 / 216 | |
| Megaminx | 1:19.04 | 1:31.41 | top 21.1% | 49 / 243 | |
| 6×6 | 4:36.03 | — | early days — 1 solve | 50 / 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
Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 9 Aug 2026Four personal bests in one day at Pavlodar Open 2026.
- 10 May 2025Four personal bests in one day at QBERS League In Astana 2025.
- 3 May 2025Five personal bests in one day at Pavlodar Open 2025.
- 23 Apr 2022Three personal bests in one day at KSF Club Pavlodar 2022.
- 12 Feb 2022First sub-10 3×3: 9.64 at NIS & KSF OPEN 2022.
- 12 Feb 2022Seven personal bests in one day at NIS & KSF OPEN 2022.
Competitions
- Pavlodar Open 2026 · 9 Aug 2026 — 4 personal bests set
- Winter in Pavlodar 2026 · 17 Jan 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Cubing Kazakhstan Nationals 2025 · 15 Aug 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- QBERS League In Astana 2025 · 10 May 2025 — 4 personal bests set
- Pavlodar Open 2025 · 3 May 2025 — 5 personal bests set
- Ekibastuz Open 2024 · 12 May 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Pavlodar Open 2023 · 7 Oct 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Rubik's WCA Asian Championship 2022 · 11 Aug 2022 — 2 personal bests set
- KSF Club Pavlodar 2022 · 23 Apr 2022 — 3 personal bests set
- NIS & KSF OPEN 2022 · 12 Feb 2022 — 7 personal bests set
- KSF Pavlodar City 2019 · 2 Mar 2019 — 7 personal bests set
- Cubing Kazakhstan Nationals 2018 · 27 Oct 2018 — 6 personal bests set
- Almaty Summer 2018 · 2 Jun 2018 — 6 personal bests set
- Kazakhstan Open 2017 · 8 Oct 2017 — 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.
- Damir Zhanataev — met in 160 rounds, finished ahead 46 times
- Daniyal Suleimen — met in 74 rounds, finished ahead 28 times
- Alikhan Yertursyn (Алихан Ертурсын) — met in 63 rounds, finished ahead 23 times
Next targets
- A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.28 away.
- A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 1.56 away.
Targets move as he improves.