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Nikolay Valiulin (Николай Валиулин)

2×2 · top 36.8% of 186,767 all-time · competing since July 2018 · 2018VALI05

Nikolay Valiulin (Николай Валиулин) has been competing for 8 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 4.80, set at Ural Open 2018, puts him in the top 36.8% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,486th in Russia. Across 6 competitions since July 2018, he has put 111 official solves on the record across five events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one, an early reading from 6 counted rounds. That figure sets aside his 2 DNFs. His 2×2 best has come down from 8.06 in July 2018 to 4.80, a 40% improvement. Nikolay has entered six competitions, more competitions than 86% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 36.8% of 186,767 all-time
4.80
signature single · Ural Open 2018
111
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingRussia
2×24.806.46
top 36.8%1,486 / 4,782
Skewb8.5815.20
top 45.6%815 / 2,264
Pyraminx9.6215.21
top 50.0%1,844 / 3,777
3×324.0930.27
top 50.6%2,919 / 6,475
4×42:43.82
early days — 1 solve1,917 / 2,080

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

Ekat Summer 2018: 8.06Ural Open 2018: 4.80EkatCube Spring 2019: 5.91Ural Open 2019: 6.54Eka Cube Days 2019: 4.85Eka Cube Winter 2020: 5.434.808.0621 Jul 201818 Jan 2020

Best single per competition, 2×2. 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 0.80 away.
  • A sub-8 Skewb single — 30,246 people have one; it is 0.58 away.

Targets move as he improves.