People · Serbia
Nikola Simić
3×3 · top 5.1% of 284,439 all-time · competing since August 2023 · 2023SIMI01
Nikola Simić has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 9.10, set at Belgrade Open 2024, puts him in the top 5.1% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 29th in Serbia. Until May 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 9 competitions since August 2023, he has put 346 official solves on the record across eight events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, steadier than 53% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 13.63 in August 2023 to 9.10, a 33% improvement. Nikola has entered nine competitions, more competitions than 91% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Serbia | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 9.10 | 11.11 | top 5.1% | 29 / 410 | |
| 2×2 | 2.19 | 2.86 | top 6.1% | 21 / 332 | |
| Pyraminx | 5.08 | 7.19 | top 13.7% | 45 / 240 | |
| 4×4 | 42.64 | 46.00 | top 15.3% | 16 / 173 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 20.30 | 24.25 | top 21.3% | 24 / 136 | |
| 5×5 | 1:23.15 | 1:38.48 | top 21.7% | 13 / 66 | |
| Square-1 | 24.46 | 31.19 | top 38.0% | 16 / 50 | |
| 6×6 | 4:05.17 | — | top 67.1% | 15 / 20 |
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
- 24 Jan 2026Five personal bests in one day at Battle for Belgrade 2026.
- 19 Oct 2024First sub-10 3×3: 9.53 at Belgrade Open 2024.
- 19 Oct 2024Five personal bests in one day at Belgrade Open 2024.
- 21 Sep 2024Four personal bests in one day at Bački Petrovac Open 2024.
- 15 Jun 2024Three personal bests in one day at Belgrade Summer 2024.
- 7 Oct 2023Three personal bests in one day at Balkan Open 2023.
Competitions
- Battle for Belgrade 2026 · 24 Jan 2026 — 5 personal bests set
- Irig Newcomer Day 2025 · 23 Mar 2025
- Battle for Belgrade 2025 · 25 Jan 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Belgrade Open 2024 · 19 Oct 2024 — 5 personal bests set
- Bački Petrovac Open 2024 · 21 Sep 2024 — 4 personal bests set
- Zvornik Summer 2024 · 3 Aug 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Belgrade Summer 2024 · 15 Jun 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Balkan Open 2023 · 7 Oct 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- Belgrade Summer 2023 · 5 Aug 2023
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.
- Aleksa Radovanović — met in 73 rounds, finished ahead 12 times
- Aleksandar D. Siljanoski (Александар Д. Сиљаноски) — met in 71 rounds, finished ahead 17 times
- Bogdan Čumić — met in 69 rounds, finished ahead twice
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.10 away.
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.19 away.
Targets move as he improves.