People · Italy
Nikolaij Tamborin
3×3 · top 5.3% of 284,439 all-time · competing since September 2018 · 2018TAMB05
Nikolaij Tamborin has been competing for 8 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 9.17, set at Italian Championship 2019, puts him in the top 5.3% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 199th in Italy. Until May 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 6 competitions since September 2018, he has put 190 official solves on the record across ten events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, steadier than 83% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 12.21 in September 2018 to 9.17, a 25% improvement. Nikolaij has entered six competitions, more competitions than 86% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Italy | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 9.17 | 11.11 | top 5.3% | 199 / 2,882 | |
| 4×4 | 45.18 | 49.10 | top 18.5% | 232 / 1,206 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 19.37 | 22.01 | top 18.8% | 179 / 887 | |
| 5×5 | 1:34.37 | 1:40.67 | top 31.0% | 188 / 642 | |
| Skewb | 7.49 | 9.18 | top 37.4% | 374 / 804 | |
| 2×2 | 5.00 | 8.57 | top 39.3% | 981 / 2,068 | |
| Pyraminx | 8.70 | 12.92 | top 42.2% | 706 / 1,403 | |
| 3×3 blindfolded | 3:02.21 | — | early days — 3 solves | 132 / 244 | |
| 3×3 Multi-Blind | 3 of 3 cubes · 27:36 | — | early days — 1 solve | 51 / 100 | |
| 3×3 Fewest Moves | 48 moves | — | early days — 1 solve | 195 / 266 |
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
- 1 Nov 2019First sub-10 3×3: 9.79 at Italian Championship 2019.
- 1 Nov 2019Four personal bests in one day at Italian Championship 2019.
- 12 Jan 2019Four personal bests in one day at Turin Winter Open 2019.
- 8 Sep 2018First competition: Italian Open 2018. A 12.95 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- GiocAosta Cube Open 2025 · 9 Aug 2025
- GiocAosta Cube Open 2024 · 11 Aug 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Valle d'Aosta Open 2023 · 18 Nov 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Italian Championship 2019 · 1 Nov 2019 — 4 personal bests set
- Turin Winter Open 2019 · 12 Jan 2019 — 4 personal bests set
- Italian Open 2018 · 8 Sep 2018 — 1 personal best 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.
- Simone Cantarelli — met in 40 rounds, finished ahead 6 times
- Matteo Provasi — met in 31 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
- Gabriele Franzini — met in 28 rounds, finished ahead 15 times
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.17 away.
- A sub-40 4×4 single — 10,180 people have one; it is 5.18 away.
Targets move as he improves.