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Nikolay Ostroukhov

3×3 · top 10.9% of 284,439 all-time · competing since January 2013 · 2013OSTR01

Nikolay Ostroukhov has been competing for 14 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 11.15, set at Moscow Spring Open 2015, puts him in the top 10.9% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 462nd in Russia. Across 7 competitions since January 2013, he has put 194 official solves on the record across eight events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 16% around a typical one; 89% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 15.94 in January 2013 to 11.15, a 30% improvement. Nikolay has entered seven competitions, more competitions than 88% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 10.9% of 284,439 all-time
11.15
signature single · Moscow Spring Open 2015
194
official solves on the record
16%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 89% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingRussia
3×311.1512.64
top 10.9%462 / 6,475
2×23.525.12
top 20.5%776 / 4,782
4×456.631:09.34
top 32.7%533 / 2,080
3×3 one-handed25.2832.15
top 34.9%561 / 1,770
Skewb8.3913.81
top 44.2%780 / 2,264
Pyraminx9.7713.39
top 51.2%1,896 / 3,777
5×52:39.89
top 70.4%614 / 941
Megaminx3:47.28
early days — 1 solve782 / 998

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

Moscow North-West Open Winter 2013: 15.94MPEI Open 2013: 12.13CCC Autumn Open 2014: 11.86MPEI Open 2014: 11.63Moscow Spring Open 2015: 11.15MPEI Open 2015: 11.38MPEI Open 2016: 12.2211.1515.943 Jan 201325 Nov 2016

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-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 1.15 away.
  • A sub-3 2×2 single — 26,570 people have one; it is 0.52 away.

Targets move as he improves.