People · Russia
Nikolay Golovenko
Skewb · top 5.7% of 73,281 all-time · competing since April 2015 · 2015GOLO03
Nikolay Golovenko has been competing for 11 years. His best event is the Skewb: a personal-best single of 3.15, set at CFCTC Open 2018, puts him in the top 5.7% of the 73,281 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 74th in Russia. Until February 2014, no official Skewb solve in the world had been that fast. Across 16 competitions since April 2015, he has put 912 official solves on the record across twelve events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 63% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 32.55 in April 2015 to 9.66, a 70% improvement. Nikolay has entered 16 competitions, more competitions than 96% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Russia | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Skewb | 3.15 | 4.75 | top 5.7% | 74 / 2,264 | |
| 3×3 | 9.66 | 12.97 | top 6.5% | 230 / 6,475 | |
| Pyraminx | 4.19 | 7.32 | top 8.6% | 237 / 3,777 | |
| Square-1 | 12.58 | 20.85 | top 11.0% | 48 / 759 | |
| 2×2 | 2.99 | 4.36 | top 14.1% | 500 / 4,782 | |
| 4×4 | 42.20 | 50.91 | top 14.7% | 210 / 2,080 | |
| 5×5 | 1:24.36 | 1:31.96 | top 22.7% | 152 / 941 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 21.59 | 25.84 | top 24.8% | 402 / 1,770 | |
| Clock | 10.10 | 12.02 | top 25.6% | 120 / 714 | |
| Megaminx | 1:30.53 | 1:36.40 | top 28.5% | 170 / 998 | |
| 6×6 | 2:43.35 | 2:55.08 | top 32.6% | 78 / 343 | |
| 7×7 | 5:19.77 | 6:18.18 | top 56.8% | 139 / 270 |
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
- 12 Jan 2019Three personal bests in one day at SPB Muffin Winter 2019.
- 12 May 2018Four personal bests in one day at SPB Island 2018.
- 31 Mar 2018First sub-10 3×3: 9.66 at CFCTC Open 2018.
- 31 Mar 2018Four personal bests in one day at CFCTC Open 2018.
- 24 Nov 2017Three personal bests in one day at MPEI Open 2017.
- 27 Oct 2017Four personal bests in one day at SPB Championship 2017.
Competitions
- SPB Muffin 2020 · 14 Mar 2020
- SPB Muffin Winter 2019 · 12 Jan 2019 — 3 personal bests set
- Welcome to Academy 2018 · 3 Nov 2018 — 2 personal bests set
- Speedcubes Fest in SPB 2018 · 29 Sep 2018 — 1 personal best set
- SPB Island 2018 · 12 May 2018 — 4 personal bests set
- CFCTC Open 2018 · 31 Mar 2018 — 4 personal bests set
- MPEI Open 2017 · 24 Nov 2017 — 3 personal bests set
- SPB Championship 2017 · 27 Oct 2017 — 4 personal bests set
- LETI Open 2017 · 1 Jul 2017 — 4 personal bests set
- SPB Easter Open 2017 · 15 Apr 2017 — 5 personal bests set
- SPB Winter 2016 · 3 Dec 2016 — 7 personal bests set
- MPEI Open 2016 · 25 Nov 2016 — 3 personal bests set
- SPB Spring Open 2016 · 7 May 2016 — 9 personal bests set
- Saint Petersburg Welcome To 2016 · 27 Feb 2016 — 9 personal bests set
- MPEI Open 2015 · 27 Nov 2015 — 3 personal bests set
- Saint Petersburg Spring Open 2015 · 12 Apr 2015
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.
- Pavel Galaktionov — met in 198 rounds, finished ahead 30 times
- Vyacheslav Sizov — met in 165 rounds, finished ahead 137 times
- Mikhail Kuzin — met in 161 rounds, finished ahead 79 times
Next targets
- A sub-3 Skewb single — 3,646 people have one; it is 0.15 away.
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.66 away.
Targets move as he improves.