People · United States
Nikita Marchenkov
3×3 · top 2.5% of 284,439 all-time · competing since May 2022 · 2022MARC03
Nikita Marchenkov has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 7.83, set at Rose City 2022, puts him in the top 2.5% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,452nd in the United States. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 2 competitions since May 2022, he has put 63 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 10% around a typical one, an early reading from 5 counted rounds. Nikita has entered two competitions.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 7.83 | 9.27 | top 2.5% | 1,452 / 59,724 | |
| 2×2 | 2.02 | 3.15 | top 4.9% | 1,961 / 40,951 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 17.82 | 23.07 | top 14.6% | 1,900 / 15,683 | |
| 6×6 | 3:46.40 | — | early days — 2 solves | 2,348 / 4,196 | |
| Skewb | 12.31 | 17.51 | top 67.6% | 12,642 / 18,907 | |
| Megaminx | 2:48.95 | — | early days — 2 solves | 5,374 / 7,841 |
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
- 7 May 2022First competition: Rose City 2022. A 10.14 3×3 single to start from.
- 7 May 2022First sub-10 3×3: 7.83 at Rose City 2022.
Competitions
- Rose City 2023 · 6 May 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Rose City 2022 · 7 May 2022 — 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.
- Benjamin Gottschalk — met in 14 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
- Sameer Aggarwal — met in 14 rounds, never finished ahead
- Asher Kim-Magierek — met in 14 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 1.83 away.
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.02 away.
Targets move as he improves.