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Nikita Malkin

3×3 · top 34.4% of 284,439 all-time · competing since August 2012 · 2012MALK01

Nikita Malkin has been competing for 14 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 18.11, set at Moscow North-West Open 2012, puts him in the top 34.4% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,822nd in Russia. Across 2 competitions since August 2012, he has put 25 official solves on the record across five events. Nikita has entered two competitions.

3×3
best event — top 34.4% of 284,439 all-time
18.11
signature single · Moscow North-West Open 2012
25
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingRussia
3×318.1122.36
top 34.4%1,822 / 6,475
Pyraminx8.3116.92
top 38.9%1,410 / 3,777
2×25.9710.19
top 50.6%2,158 / 4,782
4×41:34.28
early days — 2 solves1,221 / 2,080
3×3 one-handed46.2548.34
top 73.0%1,254 / 1,770

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

Moscow North-West Open 2012: 18.11MPEI Open 2012: 20.8018.1120.8011 Aug 201224 Nov 2012

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-15 3×3 single — 69,493 people have one; it is 3.11 away.
  • A sub-8 Pyraminx single — 46,752 people have one; it is 0.31 away.

Targets move as he improves.