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Nikita Penkin (Никита Пенкин)

3×3 · top 65.8% of 284,439 all-time · competing since February 2018 · 2018PENK01

Nikita Penkin (Никита Пенкин) has been competing for 9 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 31.92, set at HSE Open 2018, puts him in the top 65.8% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 3,975th in Russia. Across 2 competitions since February 2018, he has put 10 official solves on the record across two events. Nikita has entered two competitions.

3×3
best event — top 65.8% of 284,439 all-time
31.92
signature single · HSE Open 2018
10
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingRussia
3×331.92
top 65.8%3,975 / 6,475
2×28.6311.83
top 71.5%3,227 / 4,782

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

HSE Open 2018: 31.92YJ Fest 2018: 34.4331.9234.439 Feb 201818 May 2018

Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.

The story so far

  • 9 Feb 2018First competition: HSE Open 2018. A 31.92 3×3 single to start from.

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-30 3×3 single — 177,856 people have one; it is 1.92 away.
  • A sub-8 2×2 single — 126,624 people have one; it is 0.63 away.

Targets move as he improves.