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Nikita Loika

3×3 · top 1.2% of 284,439 all-time · competing since September 2013 · 2013LOYK01

Nikita Loika has been competing for 13 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 6.91, set at Lion's Cup 2019, puts him in the top 1.2% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 6th in Belarus. Until November 2010, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 80 competitions since September 2013, he has put 4,540 official solves on the record across 17 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 65% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 14.68 in September 2013 to 6.91, a 53% improvement. Nikita has entered 80 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 1.2% of 284,439 all-time
6.91
signature single · Lion's Cup 2019
4,540
official solves on the record
12%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 65% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingBelarus
3×36.9110.04
top 1.2%6 / 748
2×21.532.83
top 2.3%7 / 532
Pyraminx2.554.77
top 2.3%8 / 413
4×430.8738.08
top 3.4%7 / 214
Clock5.417.78
top 5.5%2 / 57
3×3 Fewest Moves26 moves29.00
top 6.2%4 / 71
Skewb3.254.51
top 6.3%11 / 253
3×3 one-handed14.2018.97
top 6.5%13 / 193
7×72:52.563:08.81
top 8.6%2 / 25
5×51:08.681:16.89
top 10.7%7 / 92
Megaminx1:10.341:16.67
top 15.8%10 / 121
3×3 blindfolded1:18.271:38.74
top 19.0%3 / 35
Square-118.3821.09
top 24.3%13 / 70
3×3 Multi-Blind6 of 6 cubes · 47:24—
top 32.2%2 / 15
6×63:37.924:01.95
top 57.9%15 / 27
4×4 blindfolded10:54.00—
top 61.8%2 / 4
5×5 blindfolded28:04.00—
early days — 1 solve1 / 1

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

Minsk Open 2013: 14.68Tula Open 2014: 11.66Didas Brest 2014: 12.08Dvina Open 2014: 12.03Cubing Fest 2014: 13.33Dvina One-Handed Edition 2014: 12.14Minsk Winter 2014: 11.38Dvina 3.0 2015: 10.89Pruzhany Cube Day 2015: 10.70BSTU Open 2015: 10.65Ukrainian Open 2015: 11.95Skips in Brest 2015: 10.04Dvina Open 2015: 10.38Two days in Vitebsk 2015: 11.01Minsk Winter 2015: 11.66VSU Open 2016: 11.75BSU Cubing Days 2016: 11.42Full Steps in Brest 2016: 11.43Minsk Winter 2016: 10.46PSU Winter 2017: 7.47Spring in Vitebsk 2017: 8.39BSU Cubing Days 2017: 10.56Minsk Championship 2017: 11.05MPEI Open 2017: 10.88Kaunas Open 2018: 11.16Cube Star 2018: 10.76Spring Cube In Minsk 2018: 11.52Vilnius Open 2018: 10.81GeniusKid Belarus 2018: 9.38Ukrainian Open 2018: 11.56WCA European Championship 2018: 9.32Welcome to Brest 2018: 9.95YJ Fest Belarus 2018: 9.88Ukrainian Nationals 2018: 11.06Welcome to Academy 2018: 9.69Smart Cube Fest 2018: 8.88November Days in Minsk 2018: 10.10MPEI Open 2018: 9.61Speedcubing Camp Minsk 2019: 10.66Fewest Moves Vitebsk 2019: 9.50Grodno Cube 2019: 10.11Ukrainian Open 2019: 10.06Belarus Nationals 2019: 9.22One day in Vileyka 2019: 9.57Smartcube Fest Kyiv 2019: 9.58Happy BSTU Cubing Days 2019: 9.42Lion's Cup 2019: 6.91Black Pawn in Brest 2020: 9.38Tashkent Open 2022: 9.87Rubik's WCA Asian Championship 2022: 9.49Cubing Kazakhstan Nationals 2022: 10.70Cube4fun in Warsaw 2023: 8.34Cube4fun Double Weekend Warsaw 2023: 9.74Cube4fun Lublin in Staszic 2023: 9.42Warsaw Cube Masters 2023: 9.22Cube4fun Lublin on WEII 2024: 8.42Szansa Cubing Open Warsaw 2024: 10.48Energy Cube Białołęka 2024: 8.19Polish Championship 2024: 8.66Cube4fun Cubers Eve Żyrardów 2024: 9.56Cube Factory League Rogów 2025: 9.92Cube4fun Warsaw Saturday 2025: 8.87Cube Factory League Brzeziny Spring 2025: 9.35Szansa Cubing Open Warsaw 2025: 9.45Cube4fun Lublin Holidays 2025: 8.60Energy Cube Białołęka 2025: 8.98Warsaw Late Solving 2025: 9.17Cube4fun Cubers Eve Żyrardów 2025: 8.98WLS Luty 2026: 8.85Cube4fun Lublin February 2026: 8.90WLS Kwiecień 2026: 9.66Drammen Open 2026: 8.66Cube4fun Double Weekend Warsaw 2026: 8.62WLS Czerwiec 2026: 8.566.9114.6821 Sep 201317 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-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 0.91 away.
  • A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.53 away.

Targets move as he improves.