People · Russia
Nikolay Chikovani (Николай Чиковани)
3×3 · top 3.7% of 284,439 all-time · competing since May 2018 · 2018CHIK02
Nikolay Chikovani (Николай Чиковани) has been competing for 8 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.46, set at MPEI Open 2018, puts him in the top 3.7% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 116th in Russia. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 4 competitions since May 2018, he has put 105 official solves on the record across four events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 10% around a typical one, an early reading from 8 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 9.67 in May 2018 to 8.46, a 13% improvement. Nikolay has entered four competitions, more competitions than 78% 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 | 8.46 | 10.28 | top 3.7% | 116 / 6,475 | |
| 4×4 | 37.00 | 40.27 | top 8.7% | 101 / 2,080 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 16.04 | 17.90 | top 10.3% | 143 / 1,770 | |
| 5×5 | 1:17.29 | 1:28.09 | top 17.0% | 107 / 941 |
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
- 18 May 2018First competition: YJ Fest 2018. A 9.67 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- YJ Fest Moscow 2019 · 28 Jun 2019 — 1 personal best set
- CCC Open Moscow 2019 · 13 Apr 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- MPEI Open 2018 · 23 Nov 2018 — 2 personal bests set
- YJ Fest 2018 · 18 May 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.
- Sergey Shitov — met in 21 rounds, finished ahead twice
- Alexey Zharikov — met in 21 rounds, finished ahead once
- Dmitry Kryuzban — met in 20 rounds, finished ahead 11 times
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.46 away.
- A sub-30 4×4 single — 2,388 people have one; it is 7.00 away.
Targets move as he improves.