People · Russia
Nikolai Kuzin
3×3 · top 3.3% of 288,433 all-time · competing since August 2017 · 2017KUZI01
Nikolai Kuzin has been competing for 9 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.26, set at NSK Cubing Fest 2019, puts him in the top 3.3% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 103rd in Russia. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 9 competitions since August 2017, he has put 449 official solves on the record across ten events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 63% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 12.57 in August 2017 to 8.26, a 34% improvement. Nikolai 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 | Russia | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 8.26 | 10.47 | top 3.3% | 103 / 6,485 | |
| Pyraminx | 3.03 | 4.76 | top 3.8% | 81 / 3,784 | |
| 4×4 | 35.21 | 41.27 | top 7.0% | 74 / 2,085 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 14.62 | 16.08 | top 7.4% | 103 / 1,772 | |
| 2×2 | 2.38 | 4.30 | top 7.8% | 248 / 4,788 | |
| 5×5 | 1:10.63 | 1:25.25 | top 12.1% | 62 / 942 | |
| Megaminx | 1:21.29 | 1:30.84 | top 22.7% | 125 / 999 | |
| 6×6 | 2:53.41 | 3:02.69 | top 37.8% | 98 / 343 | |
| 7×7 | 4:29.28 | 4:39.20 | top 40.9% | 93 / 271 | |
| 3×3 Fewest Moves | 40 moves | — | top 48.5% | 147 / 367 |
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
- 25 Jun 2019Three personal bests in one day at Altai Special 2019.
- 22 Jun 2019Five personal bests in one day at CCC Qualification Barnaul 2019.
- 31 Mar 2019Three personal bests in one day at Kemerovo Open 2019.
- 25 Jan 2019Five personal bests in one day at YJ Fest Siberia 2019.
- 6 Oct 2018First sub-10 3×3: 9.41 at Siberian Athens 2018.
- 6 Oct 2018Seven personal bests in one day at Siberian Athens 2018.
Competitions
- Barnaul Open 2021 · 15 May 2021
- NSK Cubing Fest 2019 · 19 Jul 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- Altai Special 2019 · 25 Jun 2019 — 3 personal bests set
- CCC Qualification Barnaul 2019 · 22 Jun 2019 — 5 personal bests set
- Kemerovo Open 2019 · 31 Mar 2019 — 3 personal bests set
- YJ Fest Siberia 2019 · 25 Jan 2019 — 5 personal bests set
- Siberian Athens 2018 · 6 Oct 2018 — 7 personal bests set
- Krasnoyarsk Winter Open 2018 · 3 Feb 2018 — 5 personal bests set
- Ural Open 2017 · 25 Aug 2017 — 5 personal bests 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.
- Dmitriy Shevchenko — met in 57 rounds, finished ahead 26 times
- Mikhail Kopylov (Михаил Копылов) — met in 54 rounds, finished ahead 16 times
- Maxim Brednev (Максим Бреднев) — met in 49 rounds, finished ahead 29 times
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 8,101 people have one; it is 0.26 away.
- A sub-3 Pyraminx single — 4,783 people have one; it is 0.03 away.
Targets move as he improves.