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Nikolai Masson (Николай Массон)

3×3 · top 1.4% of 284,439 all-time · competing since August 2011 · 2011MASS01

Nikolai Masson (Николай Массон) has been competing for 15 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 7.09, set at CCC Qualification Saratov 2019, puts him in the top 1.4% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 35th in Russia. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 94 competitions since August 2011, he has put 3,005 official solves on the record across 17 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, steadier than 90% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 22.90 in August 2011 to 7.09, a 69% improvement. Nikolai has entered 94 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 1.4% of 284,439 all-time
7.09
signature single · CCC Qualification Saratov 2019
3,005
official solves on the record
11%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 90% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingRussia
3×37.098.57
top 1.4%35 / 6,475
3×3 one-handed12.5515.18
top 3.7%47 / 1,770
2×22.123.96
top 5.6%180 / 4,782
4×434.0239.64
top 5.9%58 / 2,080
3×3 Fewest Moves26 moves33.67
top 6.2%10 / 366
3×3 blindfolded55.171:06.09
top 11.5%26 / 310
Pyraminx5.267.39
top 14.8%458 / 3,777
5×51:17.951:25.23
top 17.5%115 / 941
Clock8.6311.11
top 18.1%86 / 714
Skewb5.746.74
top 23.8%380 / 2,264
Square-120.7927.62
top 29.7%150 / 759
6×62:43.432:54.33
top 32.7%79 / 343
3×3 Multi-Blind5 of 5 cubes · 22:31—
top 35.4%30 / 98
7×74:16.194:38.41
top 36.5%81 / 270
Megaminx2:01.802:16.25
top 46.7%329 / 998
4×4 blindfolded8:31.65—
top 48.0%20 / 36
5×5 blindfolded22:17.00—
early days — 1 solve19 / 23

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

Russia Open 2011: 22.90Moscow North-West Open 2012: 16.09MPEI Open 2012: 14.00Nelidovo Open 2013: 12.06Moscow Summer 2013: 11.91Podolian Open 2013: 11.45Kharkiv Cube Day 2013: 10.41Saint Petersburg Open 2013: 10.50MPEI Open 2013: 10.92CCC Winter Open 2014: 9.97Tula Open 2014: 10.19CCC Autumn Open 2014: 9.22MPEI Open 2014: 9.75Dvina 3.0 2015: 10.02Moscow Spring Open 2015: 11.21CCC End of Summer 2015: 10.82Moscow South-West Open 2015: 9.26Two days in Vitebsk 2015: 9.39MPEI Open 2015: 9.40Moscow Christmas Open 2016: 10.68Saint Petersburg Welcome To 2016: 10.10SPB Spring Open 2016: 9.94CCC Summer Open 2016: 9.39MPEI Open 2016: 8.93Cuberussia in SPB 2017: 9.31Cuberussia in MSK 2017: 9.01SPB Easter Open 2017: 8.58To The Moon 2017: 9.19Ramenskoe Open 2017: 9.59LETI Open 2017: 8.39Penza Summer 2017: 7.93Svetlye Gory Open 2017: 9.19Belgorod Open 2017: 8.81MPEI Open 2017: 9.56Saratov Winter Open 2017: 8.75Muffin Winter 2017: 7.34Moscow Winter Cubing 2018: 7.82HSE Open 2018: 8.45YJ Fest 2018: 9.39Semey Open 2018: 8.24Svetlye Gory Open 2018: 7.80Crystal Open 2018: 8.00YJ Fest Belarus 2018: 7.36Saratov Open 2018: 8.57Welcome to Academy 2018: 8.69MPEI Open 2018: 8.89Kostroma Winter Open 2018: 7.44SPB Muffin Winter 2019: 8.61Pskov Open 2019: 7.92KSF Almaty City 2019: 8.73CCC Open Moscow 2019: 8.86KSF Nur-Sultan City 2019: 8.37YJ Fest Moscow 2019: 8.68CCC Qualification Voronezh 2019: 8.80CCC Qualification Saratov 2019: 7.09Ramenskoe Open 2019: 8.13CCC Qualification Sochi 2019: 8.83Ivanovo Cuber Cup 2019: 8.17CCC Qualification SPB 2020: 8.53SPB Muffin Mini 2021: 8.41Bogoroditsk Open 2021: 9.76Cubing Ekat Open 2021: 9.19AUA Open 2021: 8.06KSF Open 2023: 8.65Rubik's WCA World Championship 2023: 8.01Wendlinger Würfelwochenende 2024: 8.20Teublitz Open 2024: 8.36Rubik's WCA European Championship 2024: 8.06Rubik's German Nationals 2024: 8.17Rhein-Neckar Winter 2024: 7.80Franconia Christmas A 2024: 7.44Franconia Spring 2025: 8.18Rubik's WCA World Championship 2025: 8.31Cubing Days Neuburg 2025: 8.01Munich Open 2025: 8.21Rubik's German Nationals 2025: 7.873x3 at 3 in Prague 2025: 8.39Dreht's Eich in Ergolding 2025: 8.27Franconia Christmas 2025: 8.79Franconia Winter 2026: 8.80Swift Cubing in Swabia 2026: 8.36Munich Open 2026: 8.28Franconia Cube Days 2026: 7.57Rubik's WCA European Championship 2026: 8.22Rubik's German Nationals 2026: 8.797.0922.9027 Aug 201128 Aug 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-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 1.09 away.
  • A sub-12 3×3 one-handed single — 2,187 people have one; it is 0.55 away.

Targets move as he improves.