People · Ireland
Nikolas Akhapkin
3×3 · top 2.3% of 288,433 all-time · competing since December 2024 · 2024AKHA03
Nikolas Akhapkin has been competing for a year. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 7.69, set at Medvode Open 2025, puts him in the top 2.3% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 47th in Ireland. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 15 competitions since December 2024, he has put 719 official solves on the record across eleven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one; 53% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 18.99 in December 2024 to 7.69, a 60% improvement. Nikolas has entered 15 competitions, more competitions than 95% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Ireland | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 7.69 | 9.46 | top 2.3% | 47 / 1,465 | |
| 4×4 | 30.64 | 39.22 | top 3.3% | 23 / 586 | |
| Pyraminx | 3.87 | 5.38 | top 7.1% | 96 / 924 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 16.03 | 19.79 | top 10.4% | 37 / 454 | |
| 5×5 | 1:14.46 | 1:19.18 | top 15.0% | 48 / 300 | |
| 2×2 | 3.19 | 3.97 | top 16.6% | 233 / 1,190 | |
| Megaminx | 1:23.98 | 1:30.35 | top 24.4% | 79 / 288 | |
| Clock | 10.63 | 13.23 | top 28.1% | 99 / 342 | |
| Skewb | 7.77 | 10.03 | top 39.6% | 261 / 632 | |
| 6×6 | 3:05.84 | 3:21.85 | top 43.9% | 66 / 144 | |
| 7×7 | 5:03.18 | 5:14.28 | top 51.6% | 60 / 108 |
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
- 5 Sep 2026Five personal bests in one day at Graz Open 2026.
- 7 Mar 2026Four personal bests in one day at Maribor Open 2026.
- 22 Nov 2025First sub-10 3×3: 7.69 at Medvode Open 2025.
- 22 Nov 2025Four personal bests in one day at Medvode Open 2025.
- 4 Oct 2025Four personal bests in one day at Croatian Championship 2025.
- 29 Aug 2025Eight personal bests in one day at Slovenian Nationals 2025.
Competitions
- Graz Open 2026 · 5 Sep 2026 — 5 personal bests set
- Slovenian Nationals 2026 · 28 Aug 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Onelooking in Olomouc 2026 · 13 Jun 2026
- Zagreb Open 2026 · 30 May 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Novo mesto Open 2026 · 16 May 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Maribor Open 2026 · 7 Mar 2026 — 4 personal bests set
- Linz Nikolaus Day 2025 · 6 Dec 2025
- Medvode Open 2025 · 22 Nov 2025 — 4 personal bests set
- Re-Laois the Cubers 2025 · 25 Oct 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Croatian Championship 2025 · 4 Oct 2025 — 4 personal bests set
- Slovenian Nationals 2025 · 29 Aug 2025 — 8 personal bests set
- Ivanka pri Dunaji Open 2025 · 24 May 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Slovenska Bistrica Open 2025 · 12 Apr 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Lipovljani Newcomer Day 2025 · 16 Mar 2025 — 4 personal bests set
- Lužice Winter 2024 · 21 Dec 2024
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.
- Marko Obradović — met in 118 rounds, finished ahead 43 times
- David Vujasić — met in 103 rounds, never finished ahead
- Oskar Vidiček — met in 102 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,419 people have one; it is 1.69 away.
- A sub-30 4×4 single — 2,465 people have one; it is 0.64 away.
Targets move as he improves.