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Nikolozi Kobakhidze (ნიკოლოზი კობახიძე)

2×2 · top 1.7% of 186,767 all-time · competing since June 2018 · 2018KOBA03

Nikolozi Kobakhidze (ნიკოლოზი კობახიძე) has been competing for 8 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.40, set at Georgia Summer Open 2023, puts him in the top 1.7% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 5th in Georgia. Until November 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 20 competitions since June 2018, he has put 814 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one; 82% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 2×2 best has come down from 7.92 in June 2018 to 1.40, an 82% improvement. Nikolozi has entered 20 competitions, more competitions than 97% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 1.7% of 186,767 all-time
1.40
signature single · Georgia Summer Open 2023
814
official solves on the record
15%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 82% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingGeorgia
2×21.403.89
top 1.7%5 / 147
Skewb2.343.88
top 2.3%5 / 45
3×39.4712.45
top 6.0%13 / 208
3×3 one-handed18.1121.21
top 15.3%10 / 61
Pyraminx5.767.97
top 18.2%18 / 114
4×451.3259.80
top 26.3%10 / 60
Square-128.4446.10
top 46.5%8 / 11

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

Georgia Open 2018: 7.92Georgia Open 2022: 2.65Georgia Autumn Open 2022: 3.04Tbilisi Open 2022: 2.94Georgia Winter Open 2022: 4.47Tbilisi Cube Day 2023: 3.50Georgia Spring Open 2023: 3.23Georgia Open 2023: 3.41Tbilisi Summer Open 2023: 2.43Tbilisi August Open 2023: 2.97Georgia Summer Open 2023: 1.40Georgia August Open 2023: 2.35Georgia End of August 2023: 3.63Tbilisi September Open 2023: 2.20Georgia October Open 2023: 3.78Caucasus Open 2023: 3.31Georgia New Year 2023: 3.34Georgia February Open 2024: 3.92Georgia March Open 2024: 3.54Georgia May Open 2026: 4.421.407.9215 Jun 20182 May 2026

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-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.40 away.
  • A sub-2 Skewb single — 1,013 people have one; it is 0.34 away.

Targets move as he improves.