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Nikita Shapovalov (Нікіта Шаповалов)

Skewb · top 9.4% of 74,164 all-time · competing since June 2024 · 2024SHAP04

Nikita Shapovalov (Нікіта Шаповалов) has been competing for 2 years. His best event is the Skewb: a personal-best single of 3.77, set at Ukrainian Nationals 2026, puts him in the top 9.4% of the 74,164 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 85th in Ukraine. Until February 2014, no official Skewb solve in the world had been that fast. Across 26 competitions since June 2024, he has put 811 official solves on the record across 14 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 17% around a typical one; 97% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 29.52 in August 2024 to 10.77, a 64% improvement. Nikita has entered 26 competitions, more competitions than 98% of everyone who has ever competed.

Skewb
best event — top 9.4% of 74,164 all-time
3.77
signature single · Ukrainian Nationals 2026
811
official solves on the record
17%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 97% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUkraine
Skewb3.776.69
top 9.4%85 / 896
3×310.7713.32
top 9.8%265 / 2,889
Pyraminx5.217.60
top 14.5%262 / 1,484
2×23.124.18
top 15.7%287 / 1,911
4×445.1353.14
top 18.5%161 / 878
3×3 Fewest Moves32 moves35.67
top 20.4%42 / 224
Clock10.6712.99
top 28.3%97 / 354
5×51:31.981:38.99
top 29.0%144 / 431
3×3 one-handed23.7331.32
top 30.8%252 / 765
3×3 blindfolded1:55.57—
top 32.0%52 / 177
Megaminx1:48.431:54.41
top 39.6%154 / 425
3×3 Multi-Blind2 of 2 cubes · 10:03—
early days — 3 solves36 / 67
6×64:56.84—
early days — 2 solves147 / 173
7×77:14.79—
early days — 2 solves122 / 140

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

Kyiv NxN Summer 2024: 29.52Kyiv Blind Side 2024: 29.65Ukrainian Nationals 2024: 28.06Kyiv Side Events Winter 2024: 23.16U24 Tetiana Day Kyiv 2025: 16.87Kyiv Big & Blind Winter 2025: 19.62Ukrainian Open 2025: 14.61Kyiv Blind Side Summer 2025: 16.12Kyiv NxN Summer 2025: 15.76Kyiv Side Events Autumn 2025: 14.16Kyiv Blind Side Autumn 2025: 14.71U24 Tetiana Day Kyiv 2026: 17.99Kyiv Blind Side Winter 2026: 11.82River Mall Kyiv 2026: 12.90Kyiv NxN Spring 2026: 12.88Ekvator Rivne Open 2026: 11.08Twist 'N Turn Kyiv 2026: 13.12Vinnytsia Open 2026: 10.89Ukrainian Nationals 2026: 10.7710.7729.6517 Aug 202418 Sep 2026

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-3 Skewb single — 3,709 people have one; it is 0.77 away.
  • A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,606 people have one; it is 0.77 away.

Targets move as he improves.