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Nikolay Kurbatov (Николай Курбатов)

2×2 · top 28.3% of 186,767 all-time · competing since May 2018 · 2018KURB03

Nikolay Kurbatov (Николай Курбатов) has been competing for 8 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 4.14, set at CCC Qualification SPB 2020, puts him in the top 28.3% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,111th in Russia. Across 8 competitions since May 2018, he has put 184 official solves on the record across eight events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one, an early reading from 9 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 20.76 in May 2018 to 16.71, a 20% improvement. Nikolay has entered eight competitions, more competitions than 90% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 28.3% of 186,767 all-time
4.14
signature single · CCC Qualification SPB 2020
184
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingRussia
2×24.145.60
top 28.3%1,111 / 4,782
Pyraminx7.218.44
top 29.6%1,038 / 3,777
3×316.7121.56
top 30.1%1,567 / 6,475
Skewb8.2815.35
top 43.4%761 / 2,264
3×3 one-handed46.9552.83
top 73.7%1,268 / 1,770
4×41:56.57
top 80.1%1,521 / 2,080
Megaminx3:25.27
early days — 3 solves721 / 998
Clock35.03
top 89.7%595 / 714

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

YJ Fest 2018: 20.76Svetlye Gory Open 2018: 25.20MPEI Open 2018: 19.84YJ Kazan 2019: 16.71YJ Fest Moscow 2019: 22.30Ramenskoe Open 2019: 20.68MPEI Open 2019: 20.12CCC Qualification SPB 2020: 19.4316.7125.2018 May 20181 Feb 2020

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-4 2×2 single — 49,452 people have one; it is 0.14 away.
  • A sub-6 Pyraminx single — 25,870 people have one; it is 1.21 away.

Targets move as he improves.