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Nikita Nifatov (Никита Нифатов)

2×2 · top 1.8% of 186,767 all-time · competing since July 2018 · 2018NIFA01

Nikita Nifatov (Никита Нифатов) has been competing for 8 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.41, set at EkatCube Spring 2019, puts him in the top 1.8% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 67th in Russia. Until November 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 7 competitions since July 2018, he has put 340 official solves on the record across eleven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one; 51% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 12.56 in July 2018 to 9.48, a 25% improvement. Nikita has entered seven competitions, more competitions than 88% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 1.8% of 186,767 all-time
1.41
signature single · EkatCube Spring 2019
340
official solves on the record
13%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 51% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingRussia
2×21.414.32
top 1.8%67 / 4,782
3×39.4810.97
top 6.1%211 / 6,475
3×3 one-handed14.4717.15
top 7.0%97 / 1,770
Pyraminx5.006.65
top 13.2%391 / 3,777
4×448.6852.38
top 23.0%334 / 2,080
Skewb6.949.48
top 33.2%537 / 2,264
3×3 Fewest Moves38 moves50.67
early days — 3 solves124 / 366
Square-125.9939.18
top 41.4%237 / 759
Clock19.1625.91
top 62.2%370 / 714
Megaminx2:40.503:16.47
top 66.2%518 / 998
5×52:54.58
top 76.2%671 / 941

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

Ekat Summer 2018: 12.56Ural Autumn 2018: 12.55Ural Winter 2019: 10.43EkatCube Spring 2019: 9.93Perm Open 2019: 10.19Udmurtia Open 2019: 9.48Eka Cube Days 2019: 11.109.4812.5621 Jul 201824 Aug 2019

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-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.41 away.
  • A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.48 away.

Targets move as he improves.