People · Kazakhstan
Nikita Makarenko (Никита Макаренко)
3×3 · top 4.9% of 288,433 all-time · competing since June 2018 · 2018MAKA06
Nikita Makarenko (Никита Макаренко) has been competing for 8 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 9.00, set at Cubing Kazakhstan Nationals 2019, puts him in the top 4.9% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 69th in Kazakhstan. Until May 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 7 competitions since June 2018, he has put 286 official solves on the record across eight events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, steadier than 53% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His Pyraminx best has come down from 7.50 in June 2018 to 3.47, a 54% improvement. Nikita has entered seven competitions, more competitions than 88% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Kazakhstan | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 9.00 | 11.63 | top 4.9% | 69 / 1,325 | |
| Pyraminx | 3.47 | 6.34 | top 5.4% | 37 / 812 | |
| 2×2 | 2.37 | 3.70 | top 7.7% | 73 / 988 | |
| Megaminx | 1:14.13 | 1:41.29 | top 18.1% | 41 / 247 | |
| Skewb | 5.14 | 10.42 | top 19.3% | 76 / 478 | |
| 4×4 | 53.00 | 58.11 | top 28.5% | 116 / 422 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 23.05 | 29.17 | top 29.0% | 111 / 338 | |
| 5×5 | 2:00.15 | 2:10.07 | top 49.4% | 99 / 216 |
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, Pyraminx. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 26 Oct 2019First sub-10 3×3: 9.00 at Cubing Kazakhstan Nationals 2019.
- 26 Oct 2019Three personal bests in one day at Cubing Kazakhstan Nationals 2019.
- 28 Jun 2019Seven personal bests in one day at Cubing Semey Open 2019.
- 16 Feb 2019First sub-15 3×3: 13.60 at KSF Ust-Kamenogorsk City 2019.
- 16 Feb 2019Seven personal bests in one day at KSF Ust-Kamenogorsk City 2019.
- 15 Sep 2018First sub-20 3×3: 17.93 at KSF Semey City 2018.
Competitions
- Cubing Kazakhstan Nationals 2019 · 26 Oct 2019 — 3 personal bests set
- Economics Lyceum Cube 2019 · 28 Sep 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Cubing Semey Open 2019 · 28 Jun 2019 — 7 personal bests set
- KSF Almaty City 2019 · 23 Mar 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- KSF Ust-Kamenogorsk City 2019 · 16 Feb 2019 — 7 personal bests set
- KSF Semey City 2018 · 15 Sep 2018 — 3 personal bests set
- Semey Open 2018 · 8 Jun 2018
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 56 rounds, finished ahead twice
- Amir Husain — met in 54 rounds, finished ahead 6 times
- Shyngys Sharapadin (Шынгыс Шарападин) — met in 51 rounds, finished ahead 33 times
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 8,101 people have one; it is 1.00 away.
- A sub-3 Pyraminx single — 4,783 people have one; it is 0.47 away.
Targets move as he improves.